Hilton Head Airport in September 2024

77.1%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 192 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.3% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 7.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 198 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 80.7% of the time (192 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 69.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.1%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	77.1%	82.3%	79.6%	84.4%
Arrived on time	69.3%	80.3%	79.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	3.1%	2.0%	1.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.4 min	22.7 min	20.8 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	7	19,421
Scheduled departures	192	198	2,373	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	110	57%	76.4%	5.9 min	4.5%
MQ Envoy Air	82	43%	59.8%	15.3 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	79	59.5%	15.0 min	1.3%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	30	76.7%	7.2 min	3.3%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	30	90.0%	-15.9 min	6.7%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	30	66.7%	7.4 min	3.3%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	23	69.6%	32.4 min	4.3%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	20.8%	38.6%	725
Late-arriving aircraft	49.4%	38.4%	1,725
National Aviation System	17.4%	18.2%	606
Extreme weather	12.5%	4.8%	436
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,492 delay minutes on 52 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 2024?

77.1% of 192 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 82.3% of 198 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 3.1% in September 2024.

Provenance

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