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Airport month · August 2023
Savannah/Hilton Head International in August 2023
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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,485 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 75.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 74.7% of the time (1,484 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 21%.
- On time 76.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
- Cancelled 3.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.6% | — | 78.2% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 76.2% | — | 78.9% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 3.6% | — | 2.1% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.1 min | — | 17.9 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 50 | — | 52 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,485 | — | 19,137 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 251 | 17% | 73.3% | 11.5 min | 4.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 239 | 16% | 78.7% | 6.1 min | 3.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 208 | 14% | 76.4% | 6.5 min | 2.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 166 | 11% | 78.9% | 16.6 min | 3.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 151 | 10% | 80.8% | 0.4 min | 3.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 131 | 9% | 78.6% | 0.0 min | 4.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 124 | 8% | 63.7% | 29.7 min | 5.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 62 | 4% | 83.9% | -4.3 min | 4.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 61 | 4% | 75.4% | 16.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 50 | 3% | 68.0% | 21.4 min | 2.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 31 | 2% | 83.9% | -1.1 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 1% | 72.7% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAV–CLT | Savannah to Charlotte | 242 | 78.5% | 2.3 min | 4.1% |
| SAV–ATL | Savannah to Atlanta | 208 | 76.0% | 11.8 min | 4.3% |
| SAV–JFK | Savannah to New York | 151 | 72.8% | 16.0 min | 4.6% |
| SAV–EWR | Savannah to Newark | 97 | 84.5% | -0.3 min | 3.1% |
| SAV–DFW | Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 83.9% | -3.2 min | 3.2% |
| SAV–LGA | Savannah to New York | 93 | 74.2% | 4.1 min | 6.5% |
| SAV–BWI | Savannah to Baltimore | 68 | 72.1% | 13.3 min | 2.9% |
| SAV–ORD | Savannah to Chicago | 66 | 83.3% | -0.5 min | 3.0% |
| SAV–DCA | Savannah to Washington | 61 | 80.3% | 18.0 min | 3.3% |
| SAV–PHL | Savannah to Philadelphia | 47 | 72.3% | 27.3 min | 2.1% |
| SAV–BOS | Savannah to Boston | 43 | 53.5% | 38.8 min | 2.3% |
| SAV–MDW | Savannah to Chicago | 41 | 80.5% | 3.7 min | 2.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SAV on time in August 2023?
75.6% of 1,485 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SAV · methodology · corrections.