Savannah/Hilton Head International in December 2025

78.0%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,515 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 78.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,600 departures with 76.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 71.4% of the time (1,517 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	78.0%	76.5%	78.2%	72.0%
Arrived on time	79.0%	76.2%	78.9%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.8%	2.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.5 min	19.4 min	17.9 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	53	52	19,410
Scheduled departures	1,515	1,600	19,137	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	295	19%	75.9%	10.6 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	289	19%	86.5%	-4.4 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	216	14%	81.9%	-0.6 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	153	10%	69.9%	13.3 min	3.3%
AA American Airlines	151	10%	82.1%	2.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	104	7%	76.0%	7.0 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	99	7%	89.9%	-1.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	76	5%	64.5%	58.9 min	3.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	71	5%	81.7%	20.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	34	2%	73.5%	24.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	27	2%	55.6%	20.7 min	7.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	239	88.3%	-7.8 min	3.3%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	181	76.8%	5.2 min	1.7%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	103	72.8%	6.3 min	4.9%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	103	90.3%	-2.3 min	0.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	93	71.0%	25.6 min	1.1%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	90	83.3%	0.0 min	2.2%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	78	82.1%	3.4 min	0.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	77	83.1%	-2.0 min	1.3%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	75	82.7%	-0.6 min	0.0%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	74	64.9%	41.6 min	1.4%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	67	67.2%	18.2 min	3.0%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	64	71.9%	27.6 min	4.7%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.7%	33.3%	8,895
Late-arriving aircraft	42.1%	41.1%	11,125
National Aviation System	20.0%	19.1%	5,286
Extreme weather	3.9%	6.4%	1,026
Security	0.3%	0.2%	71

26,403 delay minutes on 289 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 2025?

78.0% of 1,515 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 76.5% of 1,600 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 78.0% and 1.8% in December 2025.

Provenance

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