Savannah/Hilton Head International in December 2024

76.5%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,600 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,376 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 76.1% of the time (1,600 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	76.5%	83.1%	78.2%	77.8%
Arrived on time	76.2%	85.2%	78.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.7%	2.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	12.0 min	17.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	53	46	52	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,600	1,376	19,137	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	308	19%	77.3%	8.4 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	264	17%	80.3%	6.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	215	13%	81.9%	2.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	198	12%	75.3%	12.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	131	8%	80.2%	10.1 min	1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	116	7%	61.2%	15.9 min	1.7%
AA American Airlines	112	7%	70.5%	30.9 min	2.7%
9E Endeavor Air	105	7%	76.2%	8.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	84	5%	59.5%	38.8 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	51	3%	86.3%	17.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	1%	93.3%	3.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-26.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	234	81.2%	9.3 min	0.9%
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	233	79.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	145	72.4%	11.8 min	0.7%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	88	81.8%	4.6 min	0.0%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	88	78.4%	7.1 min	1.1%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	85	71.8%	20.1 min	2.4%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	80	73.8%	15.4 min	0.0%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	80	76.3%	3.2 min	1.3%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	77	71.4%	8.3 min	1.3%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	76	85.5%	0.9 min	0.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	75	84.0%	7.5 min	0.0%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	75	66.7%	34.7 min	4.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.9%	34.3%	8,122
Late-arriving aircraft	44.2%	40.2%	12,847
National Aviation System	19.1%	17.8%	5,568
Extreme weather	8.6%	7.5%	2,510
Security	0.1%	0.2%	39

29,086 delay minutes on 364 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 December 2024?

76.5% of 1,600 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 83.1% of 1,376 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 0.8% in December 2024.

Provenance

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