Savannah/Hilton Head International in September 2025

82.5%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,553 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,494 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 83.9% of the time (1,553 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 30%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	82.5%	84.6%	78.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	83.7%	84.7%	78.9%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.7%	2.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	12.7 min	17.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	50	52	18,748
Scheduled departures	1,553	1,494	19,137	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	290	19%	93.4%	-11.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	238	15%	77.7%	8.9 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	233	15%	90.6%	-4.4 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	230	15%	85.7%	0.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	150	10%	73.3%	11.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	137	9%	81.0%	7.1 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	76	5%	61.8%	20.8 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	59	4%	78.0%	8.9 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	54	3%	87.0%	-4.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	47	3%	93.6%	-9.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	30	2%	80.0%	5.4 min	3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	9	1%	77.8%	-0.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	224	86.6%	-7.4 min	0.4%
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	219	95.0%	-11.4 min	0.0%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	120	81.7%	1.7 min	0.8%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	95	83.2%	4.3 min	1.1%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	95	87.4%	6.6 min	1.1%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	91	45.1%	31.3 min	1.1%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	90	81.1%	1.4 min	0.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	90	78.9%	4.4 min	2.2%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	70	70.0%	34.2 min	5.7%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	60	93.3%	-1.0 min	0.0%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	59	91.5%	9.1 min	1.7%
SAV–DTW	Savannah to Detroit	55	90.9%	-9.4 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	34.3%	5,310
Late-arriving aircraft	36.4%	37.4%	6,517
National Aviation System	31.2%	22.6%	5,585
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.6%	483
Security	0.0%	0.1%	1

17,896 delay minutes on 240 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 September 2025?

82.5% of 1,553 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 84.6% of 1,494 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 0.8% in September 2025.

Provenance

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