Savannah/Hilton Head International in April 2024

81.9%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,663 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 79.0% of the time (1,664 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	—	78.2%	80.5%
Arrived on time	80.9%	—	78.9%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	2.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	—	17.9 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	—	52	19,406
Scheduled departures	1,663	—	19,137	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	316	19%	89.6%	-3.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	283	17%	87.6%	0.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	246	15%	72.4%	10.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	192	12%	70.3%	17.4 min	3.1%
9E Endeavor Air	176	11%	78.4%	6.5 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	143	9%	79.7%	2.3 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	86	5%	89.5%	-3.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	82	5%	78.0%	10.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	66	4%	84.8%	0.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	60	4%	71.7%	10.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	76.9%	13.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	250	87.6%	0.3 min	0.0%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	250	86.0%	-0.2 min	0.4%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	120	75.0%	17.0 min	2.5%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	97	89.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	91	85.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	90	80.0%	-0.4 min	0.0%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	57.0%	29.3 min	5.8%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	86	84.9%	2.4 min	1.2%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	86	80.2%	-2.3 min	1.2%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	83	91.6%	-4.1 min	0.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	82	80.5%	4.3 min	0.0%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	59	66.1%	9.6 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.6%	33.6%	5,210
Late-arriving aircraft	48.2%	41.0%	9,446
National Aviation System	22.9%	20.0%	4,494
Extreme weather	2.3%	5.1%	445
Security	0.1%	0.2%	17

19,612 delay minutes on 302 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 April 2024?

81.9% of 1,663 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.