OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Detroit to Honolulu

4,475 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DTW–HNL arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 153 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights153

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline85%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft0%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline75%
  • Weather25%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 4 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DTW → HNL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 84% on time.

  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 150 flights · limited
  • Sundays84% on time · p90 45 min · 150 flights · limited
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 157 flights · limited
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 25 min · 106 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 95 min · 138 flights · limited
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 55 min · 143 flights · limited

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.