Wilmington International in February 2026

75.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 450 domestic departures from Wilmington International (ILM). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 6.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ILM departures were 2.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 422 departures with 74.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at ILM that month were on time 72.4% of the time (450 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 75.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 6.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ILM in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	ILM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	75.3%	74.4%	78.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	75.1%	72.7%	78.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	6.2%	5.7%	3.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	23.5 min	16.8 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	14	21	17,168
Scheduled departures	450	422	7,522	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	175	39%	82.9%	-4.6 min	4.6%
YX Republic Airline	109	24%	63.3%	14.0 min	11.9%
OH PSA Airlines	71	16%	60.6%	22.7 min	5.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	55	12%	81.8%	-1.8 min	5.5%
MQ Envoy Air	40	9%	90.0%	-8.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ILM–CLT	Wilmington to Charlotte	122	84.4%	-0.6 min	4.1%
ILM–LGA	Wilmington to New York	77	62.3%	16.7 min	11.7%
ILM–DCA	Wilmington to Washington	56	46.4%	32.0 min	12.5%
ILM–ATL	Wilmington to Atlanta	55	81.8%	-1.8 min	5.5%
ILM–DFW	Wilmington to Dallas/Fort Worth	51	80.4%	-0.5 min	3.9%
ILM–MIA	Wilmington to Miami	40	80.0%	-11.4 min	2.5%
ILM–ORD	Wilmington to Chicago	37	91.9%	-10.9 min	0.0%
ILM–PHL	Wilmington to Philadelphia	11	72.7%	-0.9 min	9.1%
ILM–EWR	Wilmington to Newark	1	100.0%	-14.0 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	26.8%	38.2%	1,646
Late-arriving aircraft	56.6%	37.2%	3,480
National Aviation System	15.2%	18.5%	932
Extreme weather	1.4%	6.0%	84
Security	0.1%	0.2%	8

6,150 delay minutes on 84 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 February 2026?

75.3% of 450 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 74.4% of 422 departures left on time and 5.7% were cancelled, against 75.3% and 6.2% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.