Hilton Head Airport in September 2023

82.3%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 198 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 86.4% of the time (198 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 67%, air carrier 17% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	82.3%	—	79.6%	80.5%
Arrived on time	80.3%	—	79.7%	80.1%
Cancelled	2.0%	—	1.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.7 min	—	20.8 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	7	18,978
Scheduled departures	198	—	2,373	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	124	63%	78.2%	11.4 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	74	37%	83.8%	3.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	74	83.8%	3.3 min	0.0%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	31	87.1%	-9.7 min	6.5%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	31	67.7%	10.0 min	3.2%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	30	86.7%	-1.7 min	3.3%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	30	70.0%	48.3 min	0.0%
HHH–ORD	Hilton Head to Chicago	1	100.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%
HHH–PHL	Hilton Head to Philadelphia	1	100.0%	-16.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	16.6%	36.4%	549
Late-arriving aircraft	16.5%	38.3%	545
National Aviation System	67.0%	19.9%	2,219
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,313 delay minutes on 33 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 September 2023?

82.3% of 198 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.