Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) delays & on-time performance
Honolulu, Hawaii · 33 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at HNL right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
537 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
54 min when late
Departed on time
84%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 58,088 departures from HNL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into HNL were on time 81% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
- Southwest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (91% on time); Alaska Airlines was the least (77%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (95% on time); around 12pm did worst (75%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (55%).
Most delayed routes from HNL
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ANC · Anchorage72%440 flts
- SEA · Seattle75%2,937 flts
- ONT · Ontario77%423 flts
- PDX · Portland77%911 flts
- SMF · Sacramento78%730 flts
- SAN · San Diego78%1,771 flts
- ATL · Atlanta79%383 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth80%671 flts
- SFO · San Francisco81%2,465 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles81%5,514 flts
Most reliable routes from HNL
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver87%639 flts
- KOA · Kona86%7,234 flts
- ORD · Chicago85%540 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis85%365 flts
- OGG · Kahului85%10,072 flts
- PHX · Phoenix85%1,317 flts
- LIH · Lihue85%7,722 flts
- ITO · Hilo85%6,294 flts
- SJC · San Jose83%809 flts
- LGB · Long Beach82%730 flts
Best airline at HNL
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 91% | 0.4% | 5 min | 13 | 12,343 |
| Delta Air Lines | 87% | 1.2% | 10 min | 7 | 3,711 |
| United Airlines | 85% | 0.8% | 12 min | 8 | 5,083 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 83% | 0.7% | 11 min | 19 | 13,653 |
| American Airlines | 82% | 0.7% | 22 min | 4 | 2,616 |
| Alaska Airlines | 77% | 1.4% | 13 min | 22 | 20,682 |
Best time to fly out of HNL
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am95%890 flts
- 6am95%2,434 flts
- 7am89%3,454 flts
- 8am90%4,500 flts
- 9am92%2,421 flts
- 10am85%2,335 flts
- 11am82%3,192 flts
- 12pm75%5,238 flts
- 1pm77%5,341 flts
- 2pm76%3,056 flts
- 3pm77%3,944 flts
- 4pm75%2,785 flts
- 5pm86%3,430 flts
- 6pm83%1,936 flts
- 7pm82%2,354 flts
- 8pm88%2,991 flts
- 9pm85%4,207 flts
- 10pm83%1,783 flts
- 11pm78%1,797 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)55%
- Late-arriving aircraft32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.