Flights Wilmington → Philadelphia
ILM → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Wilmington to Philadelphia operates with high punctuality, boasting a 91% on-time performance rate and an average delay of just 0.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 287 flights using Embraer 175 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at nearly 28 million passengers.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Wilmington (ILM) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 325 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.38%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Wilmington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Wilmington (ILM) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads north for about 666 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 15m.
Departures from Wilmington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of ILM-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Wilmington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 325 tracked ILM-PHL flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 1 min and a 3.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about ILM-PHL
On the Wilmington (ILM) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 1 minutes, based on 325 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Wilmington-Philadelphia is 3.38% across 325 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
