Hilton Head Airport in July 2024

73.5%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 238 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 73.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.4% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 76.5% of the time (238 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 71.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 2.1%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	73.5%	—	79.6%	68.5%
Arrived on time	71.4%	—	79.7%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.1%	—	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.3 min	—	20.8 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	7	21,154
Scheduled departures	238	—	2,373	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	124	52%	72.6%	9.7 min	2.4%
YX Republic Airline	114	48%	70.2%	23.9 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	92	67.4%	15.2 min	3.3%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	35	85.7%	-5.0 min	0.0%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	31	77.4%	17.8 min	3.2%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	31	74.2%	9.2 min	0.0%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	31	54.8%	64.0 min	3.2%
HHH–ORD	Hilton Head to Chicago	8	100.0%	-22.2 min	0.0%
HHH–BOS	Hilton Head to Boston	6	33.3%	22.8 min	0.0%
HHH–PHL	Hilton Head to Philadelphia	4	100.0%	-1.5 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.7%	36.6%	2,512
Late-arriving aircraft	30.0%	42.7%	1,683
National Aviation System	21.6%	16.0%	1,215
Extreme weather	3.7%	4.6%	208
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,618 delay minutes on 58 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 July 2024?

73.5% of 238 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.