OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Wilmington

760 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ORD–ILM arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 336 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights241
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights31
  • American Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights64

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline17%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)33%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 6 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ORD → ILM

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 25 min · 371 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 40 min · 287 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 82% on time.

  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 101 flights · limited
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 50 min · 121 flights · limited
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 40 min · 110 flights · limited
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 35 min · 122 flights · limited
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 60 min · 131 flights · limited
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 155 flights · limited

Keep exploring

Related pages

Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.