Savannah/Hilton Head International in July 2025

64.4%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,734 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 64.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.7% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 5.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 1,725 departures with 65.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 61.8% of the time (1,734 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 66.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.0%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	64.4%	65.1%	78.2%	69.7%
Arrived on time	66.7%	66.4%	78.9%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.8%	4.1%	2.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	34.2 min	31.5 min	17.9 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	58	58	52	21,048
Scheduled departures	1,734	1,725	19,137	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	324	19%	77.8%	8.1 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	292	17%	65.4%	22.5 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	271	16%	59.8%	45.7 min	3.0%
OH PSA Airlines	230	13%	73.5%	18.5 min	5.7%
UA United Airlines	140	8%	50.0%	56.1 min	4.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	132	8%	68.2%	23.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	115	7%	80.9%	5.2 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	114	7%	45.6%	50.6 min	13.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	3%	61.7%	37.7 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	48	3%	79.2%	2.2 min	2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	8	0%	25.0%	59.7 min	12.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	262	81.3%	2.0 min	0.0%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	187	75.9%	13.2 min	0.5%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	68.0%	30.2 min	3.3%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	120	55.8%	23.9 min	1.7%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	112	49.1%	48.8 min	8.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	88	60.2%	28.7 min	11.4%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	82	57.3%	25.2 min	0.0%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	81	54.3%	87.8 min	6.2%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	62	72.6%	18.9 min	1.6%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	61	55.7%	82.5 min	6.6%
SAV–DTW	Savannah to Detroit	58	62.1%	33.7 min	1.7%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	53	54.7%	37.8 min	15.1%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.9%	31.1%	17,502
Late-arriving aircraft	42.1%	40.8%	23,100
National Aviation System	16.8%	20.7%	9,205
Extreme weather	9.3%	7.3%	5,085
Security	0.1%	0.1%	40

54,932 delay minutes on 521 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 July 2025?

64.4% of 1,734 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 65.1% of 1,725 departures left on time and 4.1% were cancelled, against 64.4% and 2.8% in July 2025.

Provenance

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