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Airport month · May 2025
Savannah/Hilton Head International in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,771 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 72.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.8% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 4.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,794 departures with 74.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 71.7% of the time (1,771 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 72.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.4%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.1% | 74.1% | 78.2% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 72.8% | 74.0% | 78.9% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 23.5 min | 21.1 min | 17.9 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 59 | 60 | 52 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,771 | 1,794 | 19,137 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 333 | 19% | 79.6% | 1.3 min | 3.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 332 | 19% | 78.0% | 10.8 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 266 | 15% | 71.8% | 13.5 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 181 | 10% | 69.1% | 24.5 min | 1.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 162 | 9% | 67.3% | 16.3 min | 3.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 124 | 7% | 62.1% | 27.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 121 | 7% | 63.6% | 18.2 min | 0.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 112 | 6% | 68.8% | 5.3 min | 5.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 105 | 6% | 82.9% | 26.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 26 | 1% | 65.4% | 45.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 55.6% | 209.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAV–CLT | Savannah to Charlotte | 276 | 81.9% | -0.5 min | 2.9% |
| SAV–ATL | Savannah to Atlanta | 264 | 77.3% | 11.4 min | 0.4% |
| SAV–DFW | Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth | 119 | 68.1% | 13.4 min | 1.7% |
| SAV–BOS | Savannah to Boston | 104 | 60.6% | 28.9 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–PHL | Savannah to Philadelphia | 97 | 64.9% | 33.1 min | 3.1% |
| SAV–BWI | Savannah to Baltimore | 93 | 78.5% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–ORD | Savannah to Chicago | 91 | 81.3% | 1.5 min | 1.1% |
| SAV–DCA | Savannah to Washington | 89 | 76.4% | 2.9 min | 5.6% |
| SAV–JFK | Savannah to New York | 70 | 62.9% | 22.5 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–MIA | Savannah to Miami | 65 | 64.6% | 42.3 min | 3.1% |
| SAV–BNA | Savannah to Nashville | 62 | 71.0% | 20.9 min | 0.0% |
| SAV–LGA | Savannah to New York | 58 | 65.5% | 18.5 min | 3.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SAV on time in May 2025?
72.1% of 1,771 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 74.1% of 1,794 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 72.1% and 1.6% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.