Hilton Head Airport in April 2026

80.6%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 263 domestic departures from Hilton Head Airport (HHH). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so HHH departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 214 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at HHH that month were on time 81.7% of the time (263 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 1.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	HHH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.6%	82.7%	79.6%	79.1%
Arrived on time	81.7%	86.9%	79.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.4%	1.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	24.3 min	20.8 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	7	19,931
Scheduled departures	263	214	2,373	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	134	51%	88.8%	-5.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	129	49%	74.4%	9.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HHH–CLT	Hilton Head to Charlotte	134	88.8%	-5.7 min	0.0%
HHH–DCA	Hilton Head to Washington	33	75.8%	11.4 min	0.0%
HHH–EWR	Hilton Head to Newark	30	90.0%	3.7 min	0.0%
HHH–ORD	Hilton Head to Chicago	30	53.3%	28.0 min	0.0%
HHH–ATL	Hilton Head to Atlanta	18	88.9%	-6.8 min	0.0%
HHH–LGA	Hilton Head to New York	18	66.7%	-4.5 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.6%	33.5%	943
Late-arriving aircraft	52.0%	40.4%	1,915
National Aviation System	21.3%	21.0%	784
Extreme weather	1.1%	5.0%	39
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,681 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 April 2026?

80.6% of 263 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 82.7% of 214 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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