Savannah/Hilton Head International in December 2023

83.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,376 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so SAV departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 83.6% of the time (1,376 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 85.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SAV in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	83.1%	—	78.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	85.2%	—	78.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	2.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	—	17.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	—	52	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,376	—	19,137	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	253	18%	88.5%	-3.2 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	215	16%	81.4%	1.8 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	195	14%	85.1%	2.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	166	12%	83.1%	1.2 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	123	9%	88.6%	2.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	111	8%	80.2%	5.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	103	7%	92.2%	-5.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	69	5%	81.2%	4.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	64	5%	84.4%	-1.5 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	44	3%	88.6%	3.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	2%	81.8%	1.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	220	89.5%	-4.4 min	0.5%
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	189	84.1%	2.9 min	0.0%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	116	83.6%	1.9 min	1.7%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	86	88.4%	0.3 min	0.0%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	84	81.0%	1.7 min	1.2%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	75	92.0%	-5.5 min	0.0%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	75	78.7%	7.5 min	0.0%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	69	89.9%	-8.1 min	0.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	64	78.1%	3.5 min	0.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	62	80.6%	19.4 min	1.6%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	61	83.6%	4.1 min	1.6%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	59	78.0%	3.7 min	1.7%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	37.1%	5,506
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	38.8%	5,172
National Aviation System	13.5%	17.6%	1,849
Extreme weather	8.8%	6.2%	1,212
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

13,739 delay minutes on 191 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 SAV on time in December 2023?

83.1% of 1,376 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.