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Airport month · January 2026
Wilmington International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 499 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 11.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 453 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −7.1 points, with flights up 10%.
Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 68.9% of the time (498 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 19% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 73.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
- Cancelled 11.0%
- Diverted 0.4%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.7% | 80.8% | 78.3% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 73.9% | 78.1% | 78.2% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 11.0% | 7.7% | 3.2% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.7 min | 8.7 min | 16.8 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 17 | 15 | 21 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 499 | 453 | 7,522 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 240 | 48% | 73.8% | 0.3 min | 11.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 127 | 25% | 79.5% | -2.6 min | 10.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 73 | 15% | 53.4% | 17.5 min | 15.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 54 | 11% | 90.7% | -7.2 min | 3.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 5 | 1% | 60.0% | 4.0 min | 20.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILM–CLT | Wilmington to Charlotte | 148 | 77.0% | -1.4 min | 11.5% |
| ILM–LGA | Wilmington to New York | 87 | 79.3% | -3.5 min | 10.3% |
| ILM–DCA | Wilmington to Washington | 62 | 48.4% | 20.9 min | 17.7% |
| ILM–MIA | Wilmington to Miami | 58 | 72.4% | 1.7 min | 6.9% |
| ILM–ATL | Wilmington to Atlanta | 54 | 90.7% | -7.2 min | 3.7% |
| ILM–DFW | Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 50 | 68.0% | 2.6 min | 16.0% |
| ILM–PHL | Wilmington to Philadelphia | 26 | 76.9% | 1.4 min | 11.5% |
| ILM–EWR | Wilmington to Newark | 10 | 90.0% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| ILM–ORD | Wilmington to Chicago | 4 | 50.0% | 13.0 min | 25.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ILM on time in January 2026?
73.7% of 499 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 80.8% of 453 departures left on time and 7.7% were cancelled, against 73.7% and 11.0% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.