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SAV · Savannah, United States
--:--:-- · EDT (UTC-04:00) · 32.1266° N, 81.2000° W
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Airport in Savannah, Georgia, United States
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 3864; ident KSAV; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
savannahairport.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceSavannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source17 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
SAV / KSAV
OurAirports ident
KSAV
GPS / local code
KSAV / SAV
ISO region
US-GA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
savannahairport.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q7427836
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 11:27 AM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--EDT · UTC-04:00
Time zone
EDT
America/New_York · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
11 km
Approximate distance to central Savannah.
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
9,351 ft / 2,850 m
Runway surface
conc-g (2)
Opened / operator
1918
Owner / entity
Q7427836
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
17 source-backed signals
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Savannah, United States. Savannah's built-up core sits roughly 11 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/New_York (UTC-04:00, EDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV / KSAV) is at 32.1266° N, 81.2000° W, elevation 50 ft (15 m), serving Savannah, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Savannah is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Savannah: 11 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for SAV.
Primary airport name
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV / KSAV)
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport · Airport in Savannah, Georgia, United States
Source identifiers
KSAV · KSAV · SAV · US-GA
savannahairport.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
1. Pooler
pooler · 4.6 km from SAV
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 23,133 · city coordinates 32.1155, -81.2471
2. Savannah
savannah · 11 km from SAV
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 147,780 · city coordinates 32.0835, -81.0998
3. Wilmington Island
wilmington-island · 25 km from SAV
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 15,138 · city coordinates 32.0035, -80.9737
4. Bluffton
bluffton · 34 km from SAV
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 16,728 · city coordinates 32.2371, -80.8604
5. Hilton Head
hilton-head · 43 km from SAV
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 37,099 · city coordinates 32.2163, -80.7526
6. Hilton Head Island
hilton-head-island · 44 km from SAV
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 40,512 · city coordinates 32.1938, -80.7382
1. CHS KCHS
Charleston International Airport · Charleston
139 km from SAV · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 46 ft (14 m) · airport coordinates 32.8962, -80.0382
2. JAX KJAX
Jacksonville International Airport · Jacksonville
188 km from SAV · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 30 ft (9 m) · airport coordinates 30.4925, -81.6878
3. MYR KMYR
Myrtle Beach International Airport · Myrtle Beach
273 km from SAV · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 25 ft (8 m) · airport coordinates 33.6797, -78.9283
1. SAV-CHS
Charleston · 139 km · 1h 1m
America/New_York · +0h from SAV; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. SAV-JAX
Jacksonville · 188 km · 1h 4m
America/New_York · +0h from SAV; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. SAV-MYR
Myrtle Beach · 273 km · 1h 11m
America/New_York · +0h from SAV; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 9,351 ft / 2,850 m. 0 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
conc-g (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for SAV.
Runway identifiers
01/19 · 10/28
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. CHS KCHS
Charleston International Airport · Charleston · 139 km from SAV
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 46 ft (14 m) · 32.8962, -80.0382
2. JAX KJAX
Jacksonville International Airport · Jacksonville · 188 km from SAV
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 30 ft (9 m) · 30.4925, -81.6878
3. MYR KMYR
Myrtle Beach International Airport · Myrtle Beach · 273 km from SAV
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 25 ft (8 m) · 33.6797, -78.9283
4. ATL KATL
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · Atlanta · 345 km from SAV
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 1,026 ft (313 m) · 33.6367, -84.4281
5. CLT KCLT
Charlotte Douglas International Airport · Charlotte · 344 km from SAV
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 748 ft (228 m) · 35.2140, -80.9431
6. SFB KSFB
Orlando Sanford International Airport · Orlando · 373 km from SAV
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 55 ft (17 m) · 28.7743, -81.2346
SAV sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). SAV is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Airport in Savannah, Georgia, United States. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Wikidata airport entity: Q7427836 · Savannah Air National Guard Base. Administrative area: Georgia. Named after: Savannah. Entity official-site cross-check: savannahairport.com
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport is a near sea-level field at 50 ft (15 m), positioned at 32.1266° N, 81.2000° W in the Northern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 9,351 ft / 2,850 m. The airport clock uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Pooler is the closest retained city-time anchor at 4.6 km. CHS Charleston is the closest retained airport alternative at 139 km.
SAV is compared with CHS Charleston at 139 km, JAX Jacksonville at 188 km, MYR Myrtle Beach at 273 km, ATL Atlanta at 345 km, CLT Charlotte at 344 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
SAV-CHS Charleston: 139 km, about 1h 1m, +0h. SAV-JAX Jacksonville: 188 km, about 1h 4m, +0h. SAV-MYR Myrtle Beach: 273 km, about 1h 11m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident KSAV backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. savannahairport.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 9,351 ft / 2,850 m
Runway identifiers
01/19, 10/28
OurAirports classifies SAV as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Savannah.
SAV (KSAV) is a near sea-level field at 50 ft (15 m) in the subtropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
SAV sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
SAV's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 9,351 ft / 2,850 m and source surfaces recorded as conc-g (2).
Civil aviation oversight for SAV runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at savannahairport.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
SAV uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport is about 11 km from central Savannah; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
CHS Charleston is the closest retained alternate at 139 km, time difference +0h.
savannahairport.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place SAV inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
SAV ranks #78 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
SAV shares America/New_York with ALB Albany US · ATL Atlanta US · BDL Hartford US · BOS Boston US · BUF Buffalo US · BWI Baltimore US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
SAV is 50 ft (15 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include CAN 50 ft (15 m) (0 ft delta) · ITM 50 ft (15 m) (0 ft delta) · NKG 49 ft (15 m) (1 ft delta) · HUN 52 ft (16 m) (2 ft delta) · JED 48 ft (15 m) (2 ft delta).
SAV's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are CHS 139 km +0h · JAX 188 km +0h · MYR 273 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | CHS | 139 km | 1h 1m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Jacksonville | JAX | 188 km | 1h 4m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Myrtle Beach | MYR | 273 km | 1h 11m | +0h | --:--:-- |
SAV to CHS
Distance 139 km; estimated travel window 1h 1m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from SAV. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SAV to JAX
Distance 188 km; estimated travel window 1h 4m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from SAV. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
SAV to MYR
Distance 273 km; estimated travel window 1h 11m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from SAV. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Central Savannah is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Savannah is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from SAV, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Pooler
pooler · 4.6 km · America/New_York
Savannah
savannah · 11 km · America/New_York
Wilmington Island
wilmington-island · 25 km · America/New_York
Bluffton
bluffton · 34 km · America/New_York
Hilton Head
hilton-head · 43 km · America/New_York
Hilton Head Island
hilton-head-island · 44 km · America/New_York
Hinesville
hinesville · 49 km · America/New_York
Statesboro
statesboro · 65 km · America/New_York
Brunswick
brunswick · 112 km · America/New_York
Summerville
summerville · 138 km · America/New_York
Charleston
charleston-4574324 · 139 km · America/New_York
North Charleston
north-charleston · 141 km · America/New_York
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Charleston (CHS), Jacksonville (JAX), Myrtle Beach (MYR). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from SAV. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Charleston International AirportCHS
Charleston · large airport
Compare against CHS when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Jacksonville International AirportJAX
Jacksonville · large airport
Compare against JAX when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Myrtle Beach International AirportMYR
Myrtle Beach · large airport
Compare against MYR when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport is in the America/New_York timezone (UTC-04:00, EDT).
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport uses IATA code SAV and ICAO code KSAV.
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport is located in Savannah, United States at coordinates 32.1266° N, 81.2000° W, with an elevation of 50 ft (15 m) (near sea-level field in the subtropics).
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport sits roughly 11 km from the nearest mapped city center for Savannah.
Charleston (CHS) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 1m, destination timezone America/New_York, and a +0h difference from SAV.
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
SAV's curated peers in United States on this site include CHS Charleston, JAX Jacksonville, MYR Myrtle Beach, plus 3 more.
Savannah Hilton Head International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,351 ft / 2,850 m; identifiers include 01/19, 10/28.
