ILM to CLT flight delays
Wilmington, NC (ILM) Charlotte, NC (CLT) · 185 miles
129 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
88.19%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.55%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
51 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. CLT to ILM arrives on time 18.9 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Flights from Wilmington to Charlotte are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Only American Airlines 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on ILM to CLT.
Every airline on ILM to CLT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 129 | 88.19% | 1.55% | 51 min | B |
The return leg
CLT to ILM Charlotte back to Wilmington 69.29% on time DCommon questions
Are flights from Wilmington to Charlotte usually delayed?
88.19% of flights on the ILM to CLT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Wilmington to Charlotte?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 129 flights and 88.19% arriving on time.
How often are ILM to CLT flights cancelled?
1.55% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 16 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ILM to CLT flights are late, how late are they?
About 51 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 ILM to CLT during March 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 →