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Airport · SAV · Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, GA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Savannah, GA (SAV) ranks #70 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Savannah, GA posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.9%
On-time
Top 78%
on-time, US airports
77 min
Delay when late
1.33%
Cancelled
#70 of 382
Corpus placement
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SAV on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 1,408,856.

Late Aircraft 40.8% (575,276 min)
Carrier 33.7% (475,460 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.4% (273,328 min)
Weather 5.8% (82,238 min)
Security 0.2% (2,554 min)

SAV - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (93.1%) · worst: July (86.3%)

84%86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91.3%

SAV - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.8% 89.3% ▼ -6.8%

SAV - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15.8 min · taxi-in 6.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

14 min15 min16 min17 min18 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.7 min 16.2 min ▲ +3.2%

SAV's average taxi-out (15.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.7 min (June 2024) to 17.2 min (December 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Savannah, GA.

Cancellation Rate

1.33%

2,718 of 204,730 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

244 of 204,730 flights

Delay Rate

19.1%

39,182 of 204,730 flights

Top Routes from SAV

Busiest routes to and from Savannah, GA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ATL (Atlanta) → SAV (Savannah) 16,260 85% 214 mi
SAV (Savannah) → ATL (Atlanta) 16,257 88.9% 214 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → SAV (Savannah) 14,861 80.2% 213 mi
SAV (Savannah) → CLT (Charlotte) 14,854 86.1% 213 mi
JFK (New York) → SAV (Savannah) 7,452 80.4% 718 mi
SAV (Savannah) → JFK (New York) 7,451 80.4% 718 mi
SAV (Savannah) → ORD (Chicago) 5,685 82.9% 773 mi
ORD (Chicago) → SAV (Savannah) 5,680 83% 773 mi
EWR (Newark) → SAV (Savannah) 5,505 78.7% 708 mi
SAV (Savannah) → EWR (Newark) 5,484 80.8% 708 mi
SAV (Savannah) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 5,403 77.8% 925 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → SAV (Savannah) 5,402 72.7% 925 mi
SAV (Savannah) → LGA (New York) 5,198 82% 722 mi
LGA (New York) → SAV (Savannah) 5,197 79% 722 mi
SAV (Savannah) → PHL (Philadelphia) 4,800 83.2% 629 mi
PHL (Philadelphia) → SAV (Savannah) 4,796 80% 629 mi
SAV (Savannah) → DCA (Washington) 4,270 80.7% 519 mi
DCA (Washington) → SAV (Savannah) 4,267 75.9% 519 mi
SAV (Savannah) → BWI (Baltimore) 4,251 79.9% 549 mi
BWI (Baltimore) → SAV (Savannah) 4,247 75.4% 549 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Savannah, GA, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.9%).

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, FL

80.9% on-time 420,518 flights

Albany, NY

Albany, NY

80.9% on-time 129,222 flights

Fort Wayne, IN

Fort Wayne, IN

80.9% on-time 62,234 flights

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

81% on-time 3,114,086 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 204,730).

Spokane, WA

Spokane, WA

205,595 flights 84.4% on-time

Richmond, VA

Richmond, VA

203,348 flights 81.6% on-time

Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ

200,641 flights 83.8% on-time

Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids, MI

195,613 flights 81.9% on-time

Other Airports in Georgia

Compare performance with other Georgia airports.

ATL 83.7%

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta · 3,758,561 flights
AGS 84%

Augusta, GA

Augusta · 41,579 flights
CSG 87.4%

Columbus, GA

Columbus · 11,968 flights
ABY 87.7%

Albany, GA

Albany · 10,492 flights
VLD 88.3%

Valdosta, GA

Valdosta · 9,259 flights
BQK 88.5%

Brunswick, GA

Brunswick · 8,479 flights

SAV delay-share reading

The standout signal at Savannah, GA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 40.8% of 1,408,856 delay minutes across 204,730 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.9% (1.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 39,182 delayed and 2,718 cancelled (1.33%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (40.8% late-aircraft, 33.7% carrier, 19.4% NAS, 5.8% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, SAV is strongest in November (93.1% on-time) and weakest in July (86.3%), a 6.8-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~3,223 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 85% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Georgia: Georgia flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using SAV's data

SAV's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from SAV before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.