Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) delays & on-time performance
Savannah, Georgia · 33 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SAV right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
399 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
87 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 19,137 departures from SAV; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SAV were on time 78% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.1% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); JetBlue was the least (72%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (93% on time); around 7pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%).
Most delayed routes from SAV
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BOS · Boston70%1,044 flts
- DEN · Denver71%373 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth77%1,027 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%1,566 flts
- JFK · New York77%631 flts
- DCA · Washington78%1,105 flts
- EWR · Newark78%1,111 flts
- MDW · Chicago79%389 flts
- DTW · Detroit80%595 flts
- BNA · Nashville81%904 flts
Most reliable routes from SAV
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta88%3,037 flts
- MIA · Miami86%789 flts
- CLT · Charlotte86%2,048 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia82%986 flts
- BWI · Baltimore82%994 flts
- LGA · New York81%579 flts
- BNA · Nashville81%904 flts
- DTW · Detroit80%595 flts
- MDW · Chicago79%389 flts
- EWR · Newark78%1,111 flts
Best airline at SAV
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 87% | 1.7% | 11 min | 5 | 3,780 |
| Envoy Air | 84% | 1.6% | 13 min | 5 | 1,087 |
| PSA Airlines | 84% | 3.2% | 17 min | 4 | 3,249 |
| Frontier Airlines | 83% | 0.0% | 12 min | 1 | 24 |
| Southwest Airlines | 79% | 0.9% | 12 min | 8 | 2,911 |
| American Airlines | 79% | 1.8% | 23 min | 6 | 1,932 |
| Allegiant Air | 79% | 0.5% | 24 min | 14 | 884 |
| Republic Airways | 78% | 3.8% | 19 min | 9 | 1,669 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 77% | 1.4% | 29 min | 3 | 504 |
| United Airlines | 76% | 1.5% | 23 min | 4 | 1,815 |
| JetBlue | 72% | 3.8% | 26 min | 2 | 1,072 |
| Spirit Airlines | 68% | 5.2% | 32 min | 1 | 210 |
Best time to fly out of SAV
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%706 flts
- 6am93%2,063 flts
- 7am91%1,623 flts
- 8am88%935 flts
- 9am89%555 flts
- 10am88%1,307 flts
- 11am86%1,573 flts
- 12pm82%1,287 flts
- 1pm79%1,181 flts
- 2pm78%986 flts
- 3pm73%1,482 flts
- 4pm64%1,243 flts
- 5pm75%1,129 flts
- 6pm71%1,288 flts
- 7pm64%1,129 flts
- 8pm74%534 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft38%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.