Savannah/Hilton Head International in November 2024

85.1%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,609 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so SAV departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,411 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 85.7% of the time (1,608 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	85.1%	87.7%	78.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	85.1%	89.4%	78.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.0%	2.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.3 min	6.6 min	17.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	54	47	52	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,609	1,411	19,137	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	291	18%	90.0%	-4.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	274	17%	90.1%	-2.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	197	12%	83.8%	5.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	159	10%	74.2%	7.7 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	145	9%	80.0%	7.1 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	132	8%	95.5%	-5.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	123	8%	86.2%	0.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	110	7%	70.9%	7.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	89	6%	85.4%	16.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	58	4%	86.2%	1.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	21	1%	81.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	1%	80.0%	-3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	237	89.5%	-2.2 min	0.0%
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	230	89.1%	-0.3 min	0.0%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	139	82.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	97	90.7%	-7.2 min	0.0%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	92	62.0%	31.3 min	1.1%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	87	95.4%	-5.7 min	0.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	85	85.9%	2.1 min	0.0%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	84	89.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	80	87.5%	-0.5 min	0.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	79	82.3%	10.4 min	0.0%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	73	78.1%	8.4 min	2.7%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	69	76.8%	1.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.8%	36.9%	6,530
Late-arriving aircraft	34.9%	35.6%	5,726
National Aviation System	22.5%	21.9%	3,690
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.4%	445
Security	0.1%	0.2%	21

16,412 delay minutes on 234 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 November 2024?

85.1% of 1,609 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.7% of 1,411 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.1% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.