ILM to EWR flight delays
Wilmington, NC (ILM) Newark, NJ (EWR) · 488 miles
551 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
81.71%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.36%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
80 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 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: 4.36% 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.
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 61.7 points more punctual than in May — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 17.6 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 80 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on ILM to EWR. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in December.
Every airline on ILM to EWR
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 | 551 | 81.71% | 4.36% | 80 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
EWR to ILM Newark back to Wilmington 82.16% on time CCommon questions
Are flights from Wilmington to Newark usually delayed?
81.71% of flights on the ILM to EWR 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 Wilmington to Newark?
Only Republic Airways appears in the published record on this route, with 551 flights and 81.71% arriving on time.
How often are ILM to EWR flights cancelled?
4.36% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 44 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Wilmington to Newark?
May, when 96.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was May at 35%.
When ILM to EWR flights are late, how late are they?
About 80 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 EWR during July 2024 – July 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 →