Charlotte (CLT) – Wilmington (ILM)
- Distance
- 297 km
- 185 mi · 160 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 2 min / 1 h 9 min
- Average gate to gate: CLT → ILM / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 68 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (40 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 510,337
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.3%
- Flights / week
- 112
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 643,168 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AA, PT, OH
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from CLT
- 110°
- Heading from ILM
- 291°
- Halfway point
- 34.75, -79.42
- Great-circle km
- 297 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLT → ILM
- 35 min
- In the air ILM → CLT
- 41 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,517 |
| Sep 2025 | 46,346 |
| Oct 2025 | 48,348 |
| Nov 2025 | 41,295 |
| Dec 2025 | 42,113 |
| Jan 2026 | 35,809 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,170 |
| Mar 2026 | 36,638 |
| Apr 2026 | 44,941 |
| May 2026 | 45,573 |
| Jun 2026 | 43,900 |
| Jul 2026 | 45,687 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 482 |
| Sep 2025 | 451 |
| Oct 2025 | 494 |
| Nov 2025 | 493 |
| Dec 2025 | 519 |
| Jan 2026 | 429 |
| Feb 2026 | 414 |
| Mar 2026 | 468 |
| Apr 2026 | 511 |
| May 2026 | 533 |
| Jun 2026 | 509 |
| Jul 2026 | 516 |
Airlines flying CLT–ILM nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 56 | 72% |
| PTPiedmont Airlines | 43 | 20% |
| OHPSA Airlines | 12 | 8% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer-145 · 2,246 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 839 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 814 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 617 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 599 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 576 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 66 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 40 flights
Also carried: 3 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 83.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 3,642
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 83.2% | 15 min |
| OHPSA Airlines | 83% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 40% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 5% · weather 6% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $385
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $367
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $384
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $384
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $354 · Q3 2025 $366 · Q4 2025 $368 · Q1 2026 $385).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $383, likely $327–$445
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.6%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 297 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.