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Airport month · October 2024
Savannah/Hilton Head International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,698 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,522 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights up 12%.
Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 86.4% of the time (1,696 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 89.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.5%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.0%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.2% | 86.3% | 78.2% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 89.2% | 88.3% | 78.9% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 0.2% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.4 min | 9.0 min | 17.9 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 57 | 51 | 52 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,698 | 1,522 | 19,137 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 332 | 20% | 88.6% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 307 | 18% | 94.1% | -6.5 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 243 | 14% | 83.1% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 169 | 10% | 88.8% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 142 | 8% | 93.0% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 115 | 7% | 87.8% | -3.9 min | 0.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 100 | 6% | 92.0% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 95 | 6% | 91.6% | 4.8 min | 2.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 91 | 5% | 78.0% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 49 | 3% | 93.9% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 47 | 3% | 95.7% | -10.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 8 | 0% | 75.0% | 11.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAV–CLT | Savannah to Charlotte | 263 | 87.1% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–ATL | Savannah to Atlanta | 247 | 95.1% | -6.1 min | 0.4% |
| SAV–JFK | Savannah to New York | 126 | 89.7% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–PHL | Savannah to Philadelphia | 121 | 84.3% | 9.1 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–EWR | Savannah to Newark | 93 | 90.3% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–ORD | Savannah to Chicago | 90 | 86.7% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–LGA | Savannah to New York | 89 | 96.6% | -10.8 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–BWI | Savannah to Baltimore | 84 | 84.5% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–DFW | Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth | 82 | 95.1% | -9.6 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–MIA | Savannah to Miami | 76 | 89.5% | 10.6 min | 2.6% |
| SAV–BOS | Savannah to Boston | 66 | 77.3% | 9.1 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–DCA | Savannah to Washington | 62 | 96.8% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SAV on time in October 2024?
87.2% of 1,698 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 86.3% of 1,522 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.2% and 0.2% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.