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.
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SAV on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 1,408,856.
Late Aircraft40.8% (575,276 min)
Carrier33.7% (475,460 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)19.4% (273,328 min)
Weather5.8% (82,238 min)
Security0.2% (2,554 min)
SAV - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: November (93.1%) · worst: July (86.3%)
SAV - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Savannah, GA vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.9%Top 78%higher than 22% of 382 airports
Savannah, GA
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Savannah, GA's on-time rate?
Savannah, GA (SAV) has a 80.9% on-time rate across 204,730 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.9 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does SAV rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Savannah, GA ranks #70 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Savannah, GA?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at SAV, accounting for 40.8% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 40.8% late-aircraft, 33.7% carrier, 19.4% NAS/air-traffic-control, 5.8% weather, and 0.2% security.
When is the best time to fly through Savannah, GA?
November is historically SAV's strongest month at 93.1% on-time, while July is the weakest at 86.3%, a 6.8-point swing across the BTS historical record.
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