EWR to ILM flight delays
Newark, NJ (EWR) Wilmington, NC (ILM) · 488 miles
326 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.48%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.68%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
43 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.68% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
Only Republic Airways flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 326 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Newark to Wilmington keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on EWR to ILM. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in October.
Every airline on EWR to ILM
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 326 | 82.48% | 3.68% | 43 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ILM to EWR Wilmington back to Newark 86.67% on time BOther routes from Newark
Common questions
Are flights from Newark to Wilmington usually delayed?
82.48% of flights on the EWR to ILM route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Newark to Wilmington?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 326 flights and 82.48% arriving on time.
How often are EWR to ILM flights cancelled?
3.68% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 37 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When EWR to ILM flights are late, how late are they?
About 43 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on EWR to ILM during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →