Historical on-time performance
Dallas-Fort Worth to Wilmington
1,106 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DFW–ILM arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights
based on 694 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Envoy AirbestOn-time80%Medianon timep9040 minCancel1.5%Flights459
- American AirlinesOn-time55%Median5 minp90105 minCancel3.0%Flights235
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline23%
- Weather16%
- Air traffic (NAS)12%
- Late aircraft49%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DFW → ILM
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 77% on time.
- Middays77% on time · p90 50 min · 1,090 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 65 min · 653 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 79% on time.
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 55 min · 249 flights
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 250 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 245 flights
- Mondays74% on time · p90 70 min · 254 flights
- Fridays74% on time · p90 65 min · 253 flights
- Saturdays69% on time · p90 70 min · 247 flights
- Sundays68% on time · p90 60 min · 265 flights
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