Savannah/Hilton Head International in February 2024

89.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,305 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 87.4% of the time (1,305 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 90.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SAV in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	89.3%	—	78.2%	84.0%
Arrived on time	90.4%	—	78.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	2.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	—	17.9 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	—	52	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,305	—	19,137	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	211	16%	97.6%	-14.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	189	14%	93.1%	-6.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	174	13%	92.0%	-5.1 min	0.6%
9E Endeavor Air	170	13%	85.3%	1.5 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	137	10%	84.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	116	9%	87.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	108	8%	88.0%	-0.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	76	6%	96.1%	-15.7 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	58	4%	75.9%	4.9 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	44	3%	97.7%	-8.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	22	2%	90.9%	12.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	211	97.6%	-14.1 min	0.0%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	181	90.1%	-8.8 min	0.0%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	116	80.2%	7.5 min	1.7%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	83	86.7%	-3.1 min	2.4%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	83	90.4%	3.7 min	0.0%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	82	93.9%	-14.6 min	0.0%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	86.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	79	93.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	72	90.3%	-4.6 min	0.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	58	93.1%	-5.0 min	1.7%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	54	87.0%	-3.6 min	0.0%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	37	83.8%	-3.5 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.0%	35.9%	3,166
Late-arriving aircraft	42.4%	36.9%	3,533
National Aviation System	13.7%	21.7%	1,141
Extreme weather	6.0%	5.3%	502
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

8,342 delay minutes on 117 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 February 2024?

89.3% of 1,305 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.