Hilton Head Airport in October 2023

88.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 158 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 91.8% of the time (158 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 63%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 87.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	88.0%	—	79.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.3%	—	79.7%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	—	20.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	7	19,966
Scheduled departures	158	—	2,373	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	94	59%	90.4%	-10.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	64	41%	82.8%	1.4 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	64	82.8%	1.4 min	1.6%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	31	96.8%	-12.0 min	0.0%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	31	83.9%	-7.3 min	0.0%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	28	89.3%	-10.7 min	0.0%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	4	100.0%	-13.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	23.8%	41.3%	288
Late-arriving aircraft	62.7%	40.5%	759
National Aviation System	6.8%	14.4%	82
Extreme weather	6.7%	3.7%	81
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,210 delay minutes on 18 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 October 2023?

88.0% of 158 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.