SAV to ATL flight delays
SAV ATL Savannah Hilton Head to Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta · 214 miles
8,560 flights were scheduled from SAV to ATL over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 8,433 that made the trip, 86.6% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The route in brief
- Flights in the window
- 8,560
- Arrived on time
- 86.6%
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Scheduled distance
- 214 miles
Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.
Airline by airline
Airlines with at least 100 flights on SAV–ATL, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.
| Airline | Arrived on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86.7% | 73 min | 1.4% | 8,554 |
Month by month
July was the month to avoid on SAV–ATL: 75.4% of flights arrived on time, against 92.4% in October. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.
| Month | Share flights that arrived on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 86.2% | 625 |
| February | 90.3% | 635 |
| March | 88.1% | 784 |
| April | 90.1% | 789 |
| May | 80.5% | 816 |
| June | 85.9% | 790 |
| July | 75.4% | 749 |
| August | 86.7% | 681 |
| September | 89.9% | 637 |
| October | 92.4% | 714 |
| November | 90.8% | 679 |
| December | 84.8% | 661 |
Both ends of the route
A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.
SAV to ATL in one number
SAV → ATL
When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 73 min.
Questions about SAV to ATL
- How often do SAV to ATL flights arrive on time?
- 86.6% of the time, across the 8,433 flights that actually made the trip, July 2023 through June 2026. No single airline flew enough of them to be rated separately.
- What is the worst month to fly SAV to ATL?
- July, at 75.4% of arrivals on time, with 749 flights scheduled. October was the best of the year at 92.4%.
- How late are SAV–ATL flights when they are late?
- 73 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
- How often is the SAV to ATL flight cancelled?
- 1.4% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
- Are these departure or arrival numbers?
- Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at ATL less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.