ILM → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Wilmington, NC to Washington, DC · 881 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 28 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 53% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+78 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ILM → DCA (881 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +78 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time55968%
16-30 min668%
31-60 min7810%
61-120 min607%
2+ hrs547%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077752%+54 min
2025-088672%+10 min
2025-098883%+1 min
2025-108970%+7 min
2025-116169%+26 min
2025-125763%+24 min
2026-015159%+21 min
2026-024957%+32 min
2026-035470%+26 min
2026-045881%+2 min
2026-057169%+12 min
2026-067668%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon12065%
Tue12374%
Wed11564%
Thu11964%
Fri12068%
Sat10684%
Sun11461%

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