Wilmington International in November 2025

79.0%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 558 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 659 departures with 89.5% leaving on time: a change of −10.5 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 72.6% of the time (559 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from ILM in November 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	79.0%	89.5%	78.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.2%	86.9%	78.2%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.5%	0.3%	3.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.5 min	6.6 min	16.8 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	22	21	19,018
Scheduled departures	558	659	7,522	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	230	41%	86.5%	3.5 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	143	26%	72.0%	11.4 min	2.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	110	20%	84.5%	-6.9 min	1.8%
OH PSA Airlines	68	12%	63.2%	25.5 min	5.9%
MQ Envoy Air	7	1%	57.1%	19.0 min	14.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	146	90.4%	8.3 min	0.0%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	110	84.5%	-6.9 min	1.8%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	84	65.5%	23.6 min	2.4%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	67	62.7%	26.5 min	6.0%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	58	72.4%	1.3 min	5.2%
ILM–EWR	Wilmington to Newark	56	82.1%	-7.3 min	3.6%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	32	90.6%	-14.5 min	3.1%
ILM–BOS	Wilmington to Boston	3	66.7%	2.0 min	0.0%
ILM–ORD	Wilmington to Chicago	2	50.0%	44.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.6%	30.2%	3,764
Late-arriving aircraft	38.5%	38.3%	3,847
National Aviation System	23.7%	26.7%	2,374
Extreme weather	0.2%	4.6%	18
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,003 delay minutes on 99 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ILM on time in November 2025?

79.0% of 558 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 89.5% of 659 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 2.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ILM · methodology · corrections.