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Airport month · May 2024
Savannah/Hilton Head International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,794 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 74.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 71.5% of the time (1,794 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 74.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.7%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.1% | — | 78.2% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 74.0% | — | 78.9% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | — | 2.1% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.1 min | — | 17.9 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 60 | — | 52 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,794 | — | 19,137 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 323 | 18% | 75.5% | 15.8 min | 0.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 322 | 18% | 81.1% | 6.3 min | 0.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 254 | 14% | 69.7% | 14.5 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 214 | 12% | 54.2% | 41.3 min | 4.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 141 | 8% | 83.7% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 127 | 7% | 74.8% | 11.3 min | 1.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 109 | 6% | 73.4% | 7.5 min | 1.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 92 | 5% | 80.4% | 13.5 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 89 | 5% | 75.3% | 20.5 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 80 | 4% | 76.3% | 9.1 min | 1.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 22 | 1% | 81.8% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 21 | 1% | 76.2% | 9.4 min | 4.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAV–CLT | Savannah to Charlotte | 264 | 68.6% | 22.8 min | 0.4% |
| SAV–ATL | Savannah to Atlanta | 262 | 78.6% | 7.5 min | 0.8% |
| SAV–JFK | Savannah to New York | 124 | 75.0% | 9.5 min | 1.6% |
| SAV–ORD | Savannah to Chicago | 99 | 72.7% | 6.2 min | 2.0% |
| SAV–PHL | Savannah to Philadelphia | 97 | 85.6% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–DCA | Savannah to Washington | 96 | 77.1% | 10.4 min | 1.0% |
| SAV–DFW | Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth | 94 | 46.8% | 50.3 min | 10.6% |
| SAV–LGA | Savannah to New York | 89 | 77.5% | 1.6 min | 1.1% |
| SAV–BWI | Savannah to Baltimore | 84 | 78.6% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–MIA | Savannah to Miami | 84 | 84.5% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–EWR | Savannah to Newark | 81 | 88.9% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–BNA | Savannah to Nashville | 62 | 66.1% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SAV on time in May 2024?
74.1% of 1,794 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.