Savannah/Hilton Head International in July 2024

65.1%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,725 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 65.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.4% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 60.1% of the time (1,726 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 66.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.0%
Cancelled 4.1%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	65.1%	—	78.2%	68.5%
Arrived on time	66.4%	—	78.9%	68.1%
Cancelled	4.1%	—	2.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.5 min	—	17.9 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	58	—	52	21,154
Scheduled departures	1,725	—	19,137	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	317	18%	61.2%	27.2 min	6.6%
OH PSA Airlines	309	18%	71.2%	32.4 min	2.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	297	17%	65.7%	14.8 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	204	12%	67.2%	31.3 min	2.0%
9E Endeavor Air	182	11%	66.5%	22.5 min	10.4%
UA United Airlines	120	7%	71.7%	12.2 min	6.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	104	6%	64.4%	29.5 min	3.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	4%	71.0%	22.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	57	3%	66.7%	10.0 min	1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	39	2%	69.2%	5.1 min	7.7%
YX Republic Airline	34	2%	50.0%	26.9 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	261	72.4%	26.8 min	1.1%
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	255	62.4%	26.3 min	6.3%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	124	71.0%	18.1 min	8.1%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	96	71.9%	3.9 min	4.2%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	95	57.9%	26.9 min	2.1%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	92	68.5%	14.4 min	1.1%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	61.1%	37.9 min	2.2%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	89	67.4%	19.4 min	10.1%
SAV–MDW	Savannah to Chicago	73	75.3%	16.0 min	0.0%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	62	67.7%	11.8 min	1.6%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	62	75.8%	53.5 min	4.8%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	62	69.4%	24.3 min	6.5%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.7%	36.6%	19,326
Late-arriving aircraft	41.5%	42.7%	20,748
National Aviation System	13.2%	16.0%	6,588
Extreme weather	6.5%	4.6%	3,260
Security	0.1%	0.1%	37

49,959 delay minutes on 500 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 July 2024?

65.1% of 1,725 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.