Hilton Head Airport in March 2026

76.9%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 134 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 5.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 120 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of −9.8 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 81.3% of the time (134 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 71%, air carrier 20% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 5.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HHH in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	76.9%	86.7%	79.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	79.9%	85.8%	79.7%	73.2%
Cancelled	5.2%	0.0%	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	11.9 min	20.8 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	7	20,403
Scheduled departures	134	120	2,373	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	93	69%	90.3%	-6.8 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	41	31%	56.1%	9.6 min	9.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	93	90.3%	-6.8 min	3.2%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	31	58.1%	4.9 min	9.7%
HHH–ORD	Hilton Head to Chicago	7	42.9%	38.5 min	14.3%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	3	66.7%	-5.0 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	20.3%	33.5%	274
Late-arriving aircraft	71.4%	39.3%	965
National Aviation System	8.4%	21.0%	113
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,352 delay minutes on 20 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 2026?

76.9% of 134 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 86.7% of 120 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 76.9% and 5.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.