Savannah/Hilton Head International in February 2026

80.4%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,216 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,264 departures with 79.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 77.5% of the time (1,220 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.4%	79.9%	78.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.3%	78.7%	78.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	3.9%	2.8%	2.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	16.0 min	17.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	42	52	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,216	1,264	19,137	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	272	22%	83.1%	2.9 min	1.8%
OH PSA Airlines	220	18%	76.8%	10.6 min	5.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	165	14%	85.5%	-1.0 min	3.0%
YX Republic Airline	139	11%	64.7%	9.3 min	10.8%
AA American Airlines	102	8%	86.3%	-3.7 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	102	8%	85.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	78	6%	82.1%	-3.9 min	2.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	52	4%	67.3%	12.2 min	7.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	41	3%	75.6%	23.7 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	29	2%	72.4%	6.8 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	16	1%	75.0%	16.4 min	12.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	220	83.2%	2.8 min	2.3%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	132	81.8%	-1.6 min	2.3%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	130	80.8%	-0.2 min	0.8%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	86	75.6%	0.6 min	11.6%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	82	68.3%	34.7 min	8.5%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	71	87.3%	-1.8 min	1.4%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	67	86.6%	-3.2 min	1.5%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	63	82.5%	-0.3 min	1.6%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	57	66.7%	6.9 min	8.8%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	56	83.9%	0.5 min	5.4%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	47	72.3%	7.4 min	8.5%
SAV–DEN	Savannah to Denver	28	71.4%	7.0 min	0.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.5%	38.2%	4,573
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	37.2%	7,549
National Aviation System	13.5%	18.5%	2,250
Extreme weather	13.7%	6.0%	2,285
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

16,657 delay minutes on 201 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 February 2026?

80.4% of 1,216 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.9% of 1,264 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 3.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

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