Savannah Hilton Head International Airport

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) is the primary commercial airport of the Georgia Lowcountry and the South Carolina coastal resort belt, jointly serving historic Savannah and the Hilton Head Island resort market of roughly 1.2 million residents and more than 14 million annual leisure visitors. SAV has been one of the fastest-growing mid-sized airports in the United States for a decade, with passenger volumes climbing above 3.5 million per year and repeatedly setting all-time records. It is operated by the Savannah Airport Commission under the City of Savannah. The airport occupies roughly 3,700 ha (9,100 acres) in unincorporated Chatham County about 11 km (7 mi) northwest of downtown Savannah, at an elevation of 50 ft (15 m). Two intersecting concrete runways — 10/28 at 9,351 ft (2,850 m) and 01/19 at 7,002 ft (2,134 m) — share the field with Air National Guard operations by the 165th Airlift Wing flying the Lockheed C-130. The single terminal, opened in 1994 and progressively extended since 2019, features 16 gates and is in the middle of a multi-phase expansion that will add a sixth concourse and doubled security and baggage capacity. Twenty-five airlines link SAV to 72 nonstop destinations, with Delta, American, United, Southwest, JetBlue, Allegiant and Breeze providing the densest networks to the U.S. East Coast, Midwest and sunbelt, plus seasonal Caribbean service. Sun Country, Avelo and Spirit have expanded the leisure footprint in recent schedules. SAV's combination of UNESCO-tier historic tourism in Savannah, high-end resort traffic to Hilton Head and Tybee Island, and accelerating logistics demand from the Port of Savannah — the fourth-busiest container port in the U.S. — underpins its outsized position in its size class (2025).