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 12% of the time at 11 am and 30% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHL	ILM	1h 44m	85%	3.0%	1,251	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

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.


American Details →	PHL 05:15 → ORD 06:38AA 1652	2h 52m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → ILM 12:51AA 3613 · flown by Envoy	7h 36m	96%	89%
American Details →	PHL 06:00 → CLT 07:53AA 3139	3h 22m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → ILM 12:33AA 5822 · flown by Piedmont	6h 33m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	48m Atlanta	ATL 08:10 → ILM 09:41DL 376	4h 26m	86%	83%
American Details →	PHL 07:18 → BOS 08:42AA 3225	3h 04m Boston	BOS 11:46 → ILM 13:58AA 4738 · flown by Republic	6h 42m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:25 → ATL 08:32DL 1152	3h 43m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → ILM 13:43DL 731	7h 18m	99%	82%
American Details →	PHL 08:20 → CLT 10:18AA 1494	2h 47m Charlotte	CLT 13:05 → ILM 14:19AA 5809 · flown by Piedmont	5h 59m	96%	78%
United Details →	PHL 08:05 → ORD 09:34UA 1811	2h 00m Chicago	ORD 11:34 → ILM 15:00UA 5932 · flown by SkyWest	6h 55m	96%	78%
JetBlue Details →	PHL 08:49 → BOS 10:10B6 1160	3h 37m Boston	BOS 13:47 → ILM 15:52B6 1293	7h 05m	99%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 19:35 → CLT 21:38AA 1661	1h 02m Charlotte	CLT 22:40 → ILM 23:49AA 1017	4h 13m	72%	49%
American Details →	PHL 16:22 → DFW 19:09AA 2356	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:10 → ILM 23:57AA 1841	7h 35m	70%	28%
American Details →	PHL 15:29 → DCA 16:44AA 5636 · flown by PSA	57m Washington	DCA 17:41 → ILM 19:14AA 5229 · flown by PSA	3h 48m	39%	17%

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

DFW · 1h 02m · leaves 08:20 12%

CLT · 57m · leaves 08:20 14%

ATL · 48m · leaves 05:15 14%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 19:35 28%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 16:22 30%

DCA · 57m · leaves 15:29 61%

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.


United UA 660 PHL 06:00 → ORD American AA 3613 ORD 09:30 → ILM Connection details →	2h 00m	6h 51m	96%	87%
Frontier F9 2387 PHL 08:00 → CLT American AA 5809 CLT 13:05 → ILM Connection details →	3h 09m	6h 19m	94%	79%
Frontier F9 2551 PHL 06:30 → ATL Delta DL 731 ATL 12:15 → ILM Connection details →	3h 10m	7h 13m	97%	79%

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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