Historical on-time performance
New York to Wilmington
500 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LGA–ILM arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.5%of scheduled flights
based on 990 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Republic AirwaysOn-time68%Medianon timep9065 minCancel5.5%Flights990
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline18%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)30%
- 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 LGA → ILM
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 1,312 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 40 min · 405 flights
- Afternoons78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,305 flights
- Overnights73% on time · p90 50 min · 979 flights
- Evenings65% on time · p90 70 min · 419 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 82% on time.
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 416 flights
- Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 690 flights
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 691 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 692 flights
- Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 682 flights
- Fridays76% on time · p90 40 min · 690 flights
- Sundays74% on time · p90 45 min · 559 flights
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