On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

New York to Hilton Head: on-time record

LaGuardia to Hilton Head Airport

88.3%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.

88.3% of scheduled LGA to HHH flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 197 flights between New York and Hilton Head by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 701 miles.

That is 12.3 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 18.4 points above the 69.9% recorded for all departures from LGA. Flights that did arrive were 7.3 minutes early 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 2.0 points on the previous 12 months (90.3%); cancellations moved from 1.5% to 0.0%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 63%, national aviation system 36% and late-arriving aircraft 1%.

88.3%arrived on timenational 76.0%
-7.3 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.0%cancellednational 1.8%
16flights a month197 in 12 months · 701 miles
Every scheduled LGA 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%88.3%-7.3 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

MeasureLGA to HHHAll departures from LGAAll arrivals at HHHAll reported flights
Arrived on time88.3%69.9%82.7%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late10.2%25.2%15.2%21.9%
Cancelled0.0%4.6%1.1%1.8%
Diverted1.5%0.3%1.0%0.3%
Average arrival delay-7.3 min10.3 min0.3 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights6421,9861,0321,684
Scheduled flights197135,8402,3737,043,858

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 LGA, recorded 58.4% on time across 197 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled LGA 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 88.3% against 90.3% (−2.0 pts), cancelled 0.0% against 1.5%, 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 LGA (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 carrier62.7%33.3%717
Late-arriving aircraft1.1%39.7%13
National Aviation System36.1%20.7%413
Extreme weather0.0%6.1%0
Security0.0%0.1%0
1,143 delay minutes on 20 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
Apr4495.5%0.0%-17.4 min3
May9381.7%0.0%-3.7 min3
Jun9091.1%0.0%-9.2 min3
Jul9278.3%1.1%5.0 min3
Aug9787.6%2.1%-7.4 min3
Sep9184.6%2.2%-9.5 min3
Oct8498.8%0.0%-19.9 min3
Nov450.0%0.0%28.0 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 New York (LGA)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
LGA–ORDNew York to Chicago11,61164.2%20.1 min5.3%
LGA–ATLNew York to Atlanta8,41173.1%8.2 min4.1%
LGA–BOSNew York to Boston7,34369.7%8.8 min5.4%
LGA–DFWNew York to Dallas/Fort Worth6,70066.8%13.2 min4.9%
LGA–MIANew York to Miami5,98667.3%15.9 min4.0%
LGA–MCONew York to Orlando5,21667.1%14.8 min4.2%
LGA–DCANew York to Washington4,82963.5%12.4 min5.4%
LGA–FLLNew York to Fort Lauderdale4,69265.7%15.1 min4.3%

All 78 routes and the airport record for LGA · airport record for HHH

Questions and answers

How often are flights from New York to Hilton Head on time?

88.3% of the 197 flights scheduled from LGA 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 LGA 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 New York and Hilton Head?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 63%, national aviation system 36%, late-arriving aircraft 1%, extreme weather 0%, 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 LGA?

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 88.3%, down 2.0 points on the previous 12 months (90.3%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (98.8%) and July the lowest (78.3%).

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.