On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Atlanta to Hilton Head: on-time record

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International to Hilton Head Airport

78.7%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 197 flights from Atlanta (ATL) to Hilton Head (HHH), a distance of 238 miles. 78.7% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 2.7 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 2.1 points above the 76.6% recorded for all departures from ATL. Flights that did arrive were 11.7 min late on average, and 0.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Republic Airline is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 197 flights in the period.

The on-time share is down 2.9 points on the previous 12 months (81.6%); cancellations moved from 1.0% to 0.0%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 78%, late-arriving aircraft 15% and national aviation system 5%.

78.7%arrived on timenational 76.0%
11.7 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.0%cancellednational 1.8%
16flights a month197 in 12 months · 238 miles
Every scheduled ATL to HHH flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline197100%78.7%11.7 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureATL to HHHAll departures from ATLAll arrivals at HHHAll reported flights
Arrived on time78.7%76.6%82.7%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late19.3%21.3%15.2%21.9%
Cancelled0.0%1.8%1.1%1.8%
Diverted2.0%0.3%1.0%0.3%
Average arrival delay11.7 min7.9 min0.3 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights2,1901,4991,0321,684
Scheduled flights197315,8592,3737,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, HHH to ATL, recorded 84.3% on time across 197 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled ATL to HHH flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 78.7% against 81.6% (−2.9 pts), cancelled 0.0% against 1.0%, flights 197 against 196.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave ATL (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier78.0%33.3%3,288
Late-arriving aircraft14.6%39.7%617
National Aviation System5.0%20.7%209
Extreme weather2.3%6.1%99
Security0.0%0.1%0
4,213 delay minutes on 38 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Apr4497.7%0.0%-5.2 min3
May9374.2%0.0%23.3 min3
Jun9080.0%1.1%10.8 min3
Jul9267.4%1.1%20.5 min3
Aug9379.6%2.2%19.1 min3
Sep9083.3%1.1%1.5 min3
Oct8490.5%0.0%-2.4 min3
Nov475.0%0.0%22.5 min1

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Atlanta (ATL)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ATL–LGAAtlanta to New York8,41369.6%13.8 min4.1%
ATL–MCOAtlanta to Orlando8,20869.3%17.7 min1.5%
ATL–FLLAtlanta to Fort Lauderdale7,26569.0%14.4 min2.3%
ATL–DCAAtlanta to Washington6,80067.3%15.9 min3.2%
ATL–DFWAtlanta to Dallas/Fort Worth6,68971.7%15.1 min2.6%
ATL–ORDAtlanta to Chicago6,44068.6%18.3 min2.4%
ATL–MIAAtlanta to Miami6,26870.1%15.1 min1.6%
ATL–EWRAtlanta to Newark6,26569.7%14.6 min3.5%

All 153 routes and the airport record for ATL · airport record for HHH

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Atlanta to Hilton Head on time?

78.7% of the 197 flights scheduled from ATL to HHH in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from ATL to HHH?

Republic Airline is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Atlanta and Hilton Head?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 78%, late-arriving aircraft 15%, national aviation system 5%, extreme weather 2%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from ATL?

Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 78.7%, down 2.9 points on the previous 12 months (81.6%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (90.5%) and July the lowest (67.4%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.