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

No clear winner: American’s ILM → DFW flights land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	ILM	DFW	3h 25m	80%	3.2%	708	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Wilmington). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	ILM 05:48 → ATL 07:19DL 3187	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 28m	99%	83%
American Details →	ILM 06:00 → MIA 07:54AA 3888 · flown by Envoy	1h 06m Miami	MIA 09:00 → DFW 11:12AA 1227	6h 12m	96%	79%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ILM 07:30 → EWR 09:30UA 3706 · flown by Republic	2h 51m Newark	EWR 12:21 → DFW 15:10AA 1820	8h 40m	97%	78%
American Details →	ILM 11:04 → CLT 12:24AA 5820 · flown by Piedmont	2h 40m Charlotte	CLT 15:04 → DFW 16:58AA 1709	6h 54m	100%	78%
American Details →	ILM 07:02 → CLT 08:10AA 2760	3h 20m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	7h 14m	99%	77%
American Details →	ILM 05:06 → CLT 06:10AA 2493	2h 46m Charlotte	CLT 08:56 → DFW 10:48AA 1276	6h 42m	99%	76%
Delta Details →	ILM 10:30 → ATL 12:06DL 376	2h 19m Atlanta	ATL 14:25 → DFW 15:46DL 921	6h 16m	100%	74%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ILM 06:50 → LGA 08:36DL 5237 · flown by Endeavor	2h 32m New York	LGA 11:08 → DFW 14:05AA 1166	8h 14m	98%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ILM 14:32 → BOS 16:44AA 4738 · flown by Republic	1h 13m Boston	BOS 17:57 → DFW 21:20AA 1577	7h 53m	68%	31%
American Details →	ILM 15:31 → ORD 17:11AA 4009 · flown by Envoy	1h 09m Chicago	ORD 18:20 → DFW 21:01AA 1559	6h 26m	67%	26%

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

MIA · 1h 06m · leaves 06:00 4%

LGA · 54m · leaves 06:50 7%

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 09:15 10%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 18m · leaves 20:01 14%

BOS · 1h 13m · leaves 14:32 32%

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 15:31 33%

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