Hilton Head Airport in March 2025

86.7%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 120 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 86.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 6.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 94 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights up 28%.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 86.7% of the time (120 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 85.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HHH in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	86.7%	81.9%	79.6%	79.9%
Arrived on time	85.8%	81.9%	79.7%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	9.9 min	20.8 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	7	20,029
Scheduled departures	120	94	2,373	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	88	73%	85.2%	2.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	32	27%	87.5%	-1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	88	85.2%	2.9 min	0.0%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	26	88.5%	-5.6 min	0.0%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	6	83.3%	17.7 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.7%	33.0%	346
Late-arriving aircraft	53.0%	39.2%	741
National Aviation System	22.2%	21.9%	311
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,398 delay minutes on 17 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 March 2025?

86.7% of 120 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 81.9% of 94 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.7% and 0.0% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.