Historical on-time performance
Honolulu to Houston
3,904 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on HNL–IAH arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights
based on 345 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- United AirlinesOn-time78%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.3%Flights345
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline56%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)29%
- Late aircraft16%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline0%
- Weather100%
- Air traffic (NAS)0%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 1 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 HNL → IAH
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 85% to 87% on time.
- Overnights87% on time · p90 15 min · 497 flights
- Evenings85% on time · p90 20 min · 685 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 89% on time.
- Thursdays89% on time · p90 10 min · 167 flights · limited
- Sundays88% on time · p90 15 min · 167 flights · limited
- Saturdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 183 flights · limited
- Wednesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 166 flights · limited
- Fridays84% on time · p90 20 min · 167 flights · limited
- Mondays83% on time · p90 25 min · 166 flights · limited
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 166 flights · limited
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