Savannah/Hilton Head International in March 2025

80.8%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,630 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,580 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 77.5% of the time (1,629 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SAV in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	80.8%	83.5%	78.2%	79.9%
Arrived on time	81.0%	84.4%	78.9%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.3%	2.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	12.3 min	17.9 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	54	53	52	20,029
Scheduled departures	1,630	1,580	19,137	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	315	19%	76.5%	7.5 min	3.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	258	16%	89.5%	-0.4 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	240	15%	80.0%	7.1 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	225	14%	86.2%	0.2 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	120	7%	75.8%	8.0 min	1.7%
AA American Airlines	119	7%	76.5%	8.4 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	113	7%	85.0%	7.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	89	5%	77.5%	10.6 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	86	5%	74.4%	8.7 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	52	3%	86.5%	-3.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	1%	53.8%	111.9 min	7.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	256	89.5%	-0.3 min	0.4%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	244	83.6%	-1.5 min	2.5%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	100	82.0%	4.3 min	2.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	93	61.3%	29.6 min	6.5%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	93	73.1%	7.3 min	2.2%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	69.7%	18.1 min	0.0%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	88	83.0%	3.5 min	0.0%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	85	76.5%	5.4 min	0.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	82	78.0%	4.1 min	1.2%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	76	80.3%	8.6 min	1.3%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	62	75.8%	12.6 min	0.0%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	60	88.3%	0.5 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.5%	33.0%	6,885
Late-arriving aircraft	41.6%	39.2%	9,372
National Aviation System	21.6%	21.9%	4,875
Extreme weather	6.2%	5.9%	1,405
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

22,537 delay minutes on 285 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 March 2025?

80.8% of 1,630 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.5% of 1,580 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 1.3% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.