Savannah/Hilton Head International in April 2026

81.3%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,764 domestic departures from Savannah/Hilton Head International (SAV). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so SAV departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,732 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.0 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at SAV that month were on time 79.3% of the time (1,763 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	SAV, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	81.3%	79.3%	78.2%	79.1%
Arrived on time	82.0%	81.6%	78.9%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.8%	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	15.1 min	17.9 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	59	58	52	19,931
Scheduled departures	1,764	1,732	19,137	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	352	20%	90.1%	-5.6 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	272	15%	80.9%	0.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	254	14%	83.9%	2.0 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	228	13%	81.6%	4.1 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	176	10%	81.8%	5.5 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	141	8%	79.4%	-1.5 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	120	7%	80.8%	2.3 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	116	7%	81.9%	1.1 min	0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	73	4%	61.6%	32.6 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	20	1%	75.0%	58.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	12	1%	16.7%	44.9 min	16.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAV–ATL	Savannah to Atlanta	283	92.2%	-7.4 min	0.7%
SAV–ORD	Savannah to Chicago	190	77.9%	4.9 min	1.1%
SAV–CLT	Savannah to Charlotte	143	85.3%	-0.7 min	0.7%
SAV–DFW	Savannah to Dallas/Fort Worth	110	76.4%	3.9 min	1.8%
SAV–BOS	Savannah to Boston	108	75.0%	4.3 min	0.9%
SAV–EWR	Savannah to Newark	102	76.5%	1.2 min	2.0%
SAV–BWI	Savannah to Baltimore	93	88.2%	-3.9 min	0.0%
SAV–DCA	Savannah to Washington	90	78.9%	10.1 min	0.0%
SAV–BNA	Savannah to Nashville	85	75.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
SAV–PHL	Savannah to Philadelphia	78	92.3%	3.7 min	0.0%
SAV–JFK	Savannah to New York	65	86.2%	2.1 min	1.5%
SAV–MIA	Savannah to Miami	60	88.3%	-1.9 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.6%	33.5%	8,110
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	40.4%	8,542
National Aviation System	19.0%	21.0%	3,990
Extreme weather	1.8%	5.0%	372
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

21,014 delay minutes on 295 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 April 2026?

81.3% of 1,764 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 79.3% of 1,732 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.8% in April 2026.

Provenance

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