Hilton Head Airport in May 2024

62.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 232 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 62.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.6% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 11.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 69.8% of the time (232 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 61.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 37.1%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HHH in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	62.1%	—	79.6%	73.4%
Arrived on time	61.6%	—	79.7%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.7%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	35.1 min	—	20.8 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	7	20,325
Scheduled departures	232	—	2,373	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	127	55%	57.5%	25.9 min	0.8%
YX Republic Airline	105	45%	66.7%	32.4 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	93	51.6%	35.5 min	1.1%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	31	67.7%	27.1 min	0.0%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	31	90.3%	-9.7 min	0.0%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	31	64.5%	34.7 min	3.2%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	31	64.5%	43.6 min	3.2%
HHH–ORD	Hilton Head to Chicago	8	37.5%	26.9 min	0.0%
HHH–BOS	Hilton Head to Boston	4	25.0%	30.8 min	0.0%
HHH–PHL	Hilton Head to Philadelphia	3	66.7%	37.0 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.7%	29.8%	2,654
Late-arriving aircraft	53.6%	43.0%	4,224
National Aviation System	10.3%	20.1%	814
Extreme weather	2.4%	7.0%	189
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,881 delay minutes on 86 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 May 2024?

62.1% of 232 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.