Savannah/Hilton Head International in January 2026

78.4%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,257 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 6.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,357 departures with 74.1% leaving on time: a change of +4.3 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 72.8% of the time (1,253 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 6.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SAV in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	78.4%	74.1%	78.2%	75.6%
Arrived on time	78.5%	73.0%	78.9%	75.3%
Cancelled	6.8%	10.7%	2.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	18.7 min	17.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	45	52	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,257	1,357	19,137	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	295	23%	75.9%	7.4 min	11.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	266	21%	84.2%	-4.6 min	2.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	171	14%	84.8%	-4.5 min	5.8%
MQ Envoy Air	114	9%	78.1%	1.2 min	6.1%
YX Republic Airline	91	7%	80.2%	0.3 min	7.7%
UA United Airlines	87	7%	69.0%	9.7 min	4.6%
AA American Airlines	82	7%	68.3%	43.9 min	9.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	50	4%	70.0%	-6.4 min	14.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	47	4%	83.0%	-1.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	33	3%	84.8%	4.3 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	21	2%	66.7%	24.7 min	4.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	216	86.1%	-7.7 min	2.8%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	129	76.7%	-3.3 min	11.6%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	97	83.5%	14.0 min	5.2%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	89	71.9%	31.6 min	10.1%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	89	68.5%	7.5 min	5.6%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	87	77.0%	6.1 min	5.7%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	84	78.6%	0.0 min	13.1%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	70	85.7%	-7.3 min	7.1%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	66	59.1%	34.1 min	12.1%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	64	81.3%	-2.3 min	6.3%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	58	72.4%	2.6 min	12.1%
SAV–DEN	Savannah to Denver	31	90.3%	-2.5 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	37.3%	6,454
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	35.0%	6,662
National Aviation System	16.9%	18.0%	2,915
Extreme weather	6.8%	9.6%	1,171
Security	0.1%	0.1%	13

17,215 delay minutes on 183 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 January 2026?

78.4% of 1,257 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.1% of 1,357 departures left on time and 10.7% were cancelled, against 78.4% and 6.8% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.