DCA → ILM American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Wilmington, NC · 881 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 29 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 38% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+57 min
Cancellation rate
6%

How on-time is American Airlines from DCA to ILM?

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → ILM (881 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +57 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time60773%
16-30 min7910%
31-60 min678%
61-120 min425%
2+ hrs334%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077764%+19 min
2025-088572%+8 min
2025-098985%-8 min
2025-108884%-2 min
2025-116375%+18 min
2025-125760%+24 min
2026-015161%+18 min
2026-025056%+28 min
2026-035578%+17 min
2026-046077%+5 min
2026-057474%+11 min
2026-067980%+4 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11973%
Tue12276%
Wed11972%
Thu12072%
Fri12278%
Sat10578%
Sun12164%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…