Direct Flights from Wilmington to New York
Nonstop service from ILM to LGA and EWR on American, Delta, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
New York has 2 airports with nonstop service from Wilmington. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗ILMLGALaGuardia
- Find flights ↗ILMEWRNewark Liberty International
How rare is this nonstop?
New York is one of the best-connected places in the country: 113 cities fly there nonstop, Wilmington among them.
How long to go to New York for, from Wilmington
1h 30m in the air, 501 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in New York. Two nights works.
With roughly 7 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About New York
New York is a global center for media, entertainment, art, fashion, research, finance, and trade. The bustling, cosmopolitan heart of the 4th largest metropolis in the world and by far the most populous city in the United States, New York has long been a key entry point and a defining city for the nation.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in New York
- The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
- Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, and the first landscaped park in the United States.
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
- The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
- The Metropolitan Opera is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
- The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet (52,000 m2), the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects.
- The Juilliard School is a private conservatory for performing arts in New York City, United States.
- St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church.
- The Bronx Zoo is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and the largest metropolitan zoo, comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalis…
- The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors, theatre directors and playwrights located on West 44th Street in Hell's Kitchen in New York City.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
New York weather, compared with Wilmington
12° cooler than Wilmington on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- New York 40°F · Wilmington 57°F · 17° colder
- April
- New York 59°F · Wilmington 75°F · 15° colder
- July
- New York 84°F · Wilmington 90°F · 6° colder
- October
- New York 65°F · Wilmington 76°F · 11° colder
January bottoms out near 40°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to New York
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit New York is May–June and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 65–78°F.
- How long to stay
- New York rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Statue of Liberty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Central Park and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Wilmington to New York?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Wilmington (ILM) to New York (LGA, EWR) on American, Delta, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Wilmington to New York?
- American, Delta, United fly nonstop between Wilmington (ILM) and New York (LGA, EWR).
- Which New York airport can I fly to nonstop from Wilmington?
- New York has 2 airports with nonstop service from Wilmington: LGA (LaGuardia) on American, Delta; EWR (Newark Liberty International) on United.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Wilmington to New York?
- There are about 7 nonstop departures per day (roughly 49 per week) from Wilmington to New York.
- How far is New York from Wilmington?
- New York is about 501 miles from Wilmington by air.
- What is there to do in New York?
- Popular things to do include Statue of Liberty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Museum of Modern Art, and more.
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