Hilton Head Airport in August 2024

76.5%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 234 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.5% reached their destination on time; 5.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 222 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 77.4% of the time (234 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 59%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 73.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 5.6%
Diverted 1.7%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	76.5%	77.9%	79.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	73.5%	77.0%	79.7%	74.7%
Cancelled	5.6%	3.6%	1.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.9 min	22.1 min	20.8 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	7	20,634
Scheduled departures	234	222	2,373	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	118	50%	73.7%	1.3 min	5.1%
YX Republic Airline	116	50%	73.3%	21.7 min	6.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	91	71.4%	0.8 min	4.4%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	36	80.6%	3.1 min	5.6%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	31	83.9%	0.2 min	3.2%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	31	74.2%	-8.2 min	6.5%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	31	58.1%	98.3 min	12.9%
HHH–BOS	Hilton Head to Boston	5	100.0%	-17.4 min	0.0%
HHH–PHL	Hilton Head to Philadelphia	5	80.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
HHH–ORD	Hilton Head to Chicago	4	50.0%	4.3 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	58.5%	33.8%	2,695
Late-arriving aircraft	24.4%	39.8%	1,124
National Aviation System	12.6%	20.4%	581
Extreme weather	4.5%	5.9%	205
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,605 delay minutes on 45 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 2024?

76.5% of 234 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 77.9% of 222 departures left on time and 3.6% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 5.6% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.