Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 13% of the time at 10 am and 2 times in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	ILM	1h 33m	73%	5.6%	880	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Wilmington on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46UA 1793	1h 44m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → ILM 12:51AA 3613 · flown by Envoy	6h 21m	91%	87%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 06:55 → ATL 08:50WN 4969	3h 25m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → ILM 13:43DL 731	6h 48m	100%	85%
American Details →	DCA 06:18 → CLT 07:57AA 1581	3h 18m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → ILM 12:33AA 5822 · flown by Piedmont	6h 15m	97%	82%
American Details →	DCA 08:00 → BOS 09:35AA 1556	2h 11m Boston	BOS 11:46 → ILM 13:58AA 4738 · flown by Republic	6h 00m	98%	80%
United Details →	DCA 06:00 → EWR 07:19UA 4167 · flown by GoJet	3h 03m Newark	EWR 10:22 → ILM 12:12UA 3587 · flown by Republic	6h 12m	98%	80%
United Details →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 09:43UA 1061	1h 51m Chicago	ORD 11:34 → ILM 15:00UA 5932 · flown by SkyWest	6h 35m	98%	79%
American Details →	DCA 08:30 → CLT 10:13AA 1518	2h 52m Charlotte	CLT 13:05 → ILM 14:19AA 5809 · flown by Piedmont	5h 49m	95%	79%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → CLT 06:26AA 365	2h 54m Charlotte	CLT 09:20 → ILM 10:38AA 5820 · flown by Piedmont	5h 38m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 11:56 → CLT 13:35AA 1295	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 14:36 → ILM 15:50AA 5823 · flown by Piedmont	3h 54m	71%	46%
Delta Details →	DCA 18:25 → ATL 20:30DL 850	50m Atlanta	ATL 21:20 → ILM 22:56DL 3070	4h 30m	59%	45%
American Details →	DCA 17:50 → CLT 19:37AA 2182	52m Charlotte	CLT 20:29 → ILM 21:32AA 2826	3h 45m	66%	45%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

CLT · 51m · leaves 05:00 8%

LGA · 1h 19m · leaves 06:20 10%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 52m · leaves 17:50 34%

ATL · 50m · leaves 18:25 41%

LGA · 1h 02m · leaves 17:26 45%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON