Hilton Head Airport in October 2024

87.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 173 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 158 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 87.3% of the time (173 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 23%.

On time 76.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.3%	88.0%	79.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	76.9%	87.3%	79.7%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.6%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.0 min	8.4 min	20.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	7	20,517
Scheduled departures	173	158	2,373	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	89	51%	62.9%	10.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	84	49%	91.7%	-8.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	89	62.9%	10.7 min	0.0%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	27	92.6%	-6.0 min	0.0%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	27	88.9%	-11.2 min	0.0%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	26	96.2%	-13.7 min	0.0%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	4	75.0%	18.5 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.2%	42.7%	368
Late-arriving aircraft	43.4%	37.4%	688
National Aviation System	33.4%	16.3%	530
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,586 delay minutes on 40 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 2024?

87.3% of 173 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 88.0% of 158 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 87.3% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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