Hilton Head Airport in August 2023

77.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 222 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 83.3% of the time (222 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, extreme weather 24% and air carrier 11%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 3.2%

Every scheduled departure from HHH in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	77.9%	—	79.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	77.0%	—	79.7%	76.9%
Cancelled	3.6%	—	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.1 min	—	20.8 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	7	20,100
Scheduled departures	222	—	2,373	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	140	63%	80.0%	12.3 min	2.9%
MQ Envoy Air	82	37%	72.0%	9.9 min	4.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	76	75.0%	8.6 min	5.3%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	35	91.4%	21.3 min	2.9%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	35	74.3%	24.1 min	2.9%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	31	93.5%	-6.0 min	3.2%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	31	64.5%	7.2 min	3.2%
HHH–ORD	Hilton Head to Chicago	6	33.3%	31.4 min	0.0%
HHH–PHL	Hilton Head to Philadelphia	4	75.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
HHH–BOS	Hilton Head to Boston	2	50.0%	20.5 min	0.0%
HHH–DFW	Hilton Head to Dallas/Fort Worth	2	50.0%	19.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	10.5%	36.7%	452
Late-arriving aircraft	59.0%	42.2%	2,548
National Aviation System	6.0%	15.7%	260
Extreme weather	24.2%	5.1%	1,045
Security	0.3%	0.2%	14

4,319 delay minutes on 36 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left HHH on time in August 2023?

77.9% of 222 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HHH · methodology · corrections.