Savannah/Hilton Head International in March 2026

74.9%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,675 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,630 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 72.3% of the time (1,677 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 75.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	74.9%	80.8%	78.2%	72.8%
Arrived on time	75.2%	81.0%	78.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	3.2%	1.3%	2.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.8 min	15.1 min	17.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	54	52	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,675	1,630	19,137	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	345	21%	81.4%	3.6 min	4.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	267	16%	78.7%	3.8 min	1.5%
OH PSA Airlines	249	15%	77.5%	6.4 min	4.4%
YX Republic Airline	224	13%	67.9%	17.8 min	4.9%
AA American Airlines	155	9%	80.0%	10.4 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	113	7%	74.3%	26.6 min	1.8%
UA United Airlines	99	6%	68.7%	19.0 min	3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	80	5%	65.0%	25.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	76	5%	69.7%	29.1 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	41	2%	78.0%	5.1 min	2.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	26	2%	38.5%	50.5 min	7.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	286	81.8%	5.7 min	4.2%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	204	71.1%	24.4 min	2.9%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	168	79.8%	6.3 min	3.0%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	108	66.7%	24.2 min	1.9%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	93	76.3%	10.6 min	4.3%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	89	77.5%	5.2 min	3.4%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	86	64.0%	19.5 min	1.2%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	85	72.9%	14.3 min	0.0%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	83	81.9%	3.5 min	1.2%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	62	77.4%	6.0 min	1.6%
SAV–LGA	Savannah to New York	61	57.4%	17.1 min	16.4%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	56	71.4%	31.5 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.7%	33.5%	10,409
Late-arriving aircraft	39.9%	39.3%	13,095
National Aviation System	18.3%	21.0%	6,016
Extreme weather	10.0%	5.9%	3,284
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

32,804 delay minutes on 354 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 March 2026?

74.9% of 1,675 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 80.8% of 1,630 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 3.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

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