OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Honolulu to New York

4,983 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on HNL–JFK arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 459 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time95%
    Medianon time
    p905 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights153
  • Hawaiian Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights214
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights92

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline62%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)4%
  • Late aircraft28%
  • Security2%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline60%
  • Weather40%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 5 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 → JFK

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

Best time of day

Evenings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Evenings88% on time · p90 10 min · 635 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 35 min · 1,393 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 81% on time.

  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 307 flights
  • Thursdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 306 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 246 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 30 min · 314 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 30 min · 237 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 35 min · 304 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 30 min · 314 flights

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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.