OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Honolulu to Los Angeles

2,556 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on HNL–LAX arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 5,378 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights485
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights1,095
  • United Airlines
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights1,259
  • American Airlines
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.1%
    Flights1,180
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time65%
    Median5 min
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights624
  • Hawaiian Airlines
    On-time64%
    Median5 min
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights735

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline65%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft24%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline77%
  • Weather17%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Security3%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 30 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 → LAX

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 3,878 flights
  • Overnights85% on time · p90 20 min · 5,270 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 4,476 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 40 min · 2,732 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 2,301 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 2,302 flights
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 2,376 flights
  • Thursdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 2,318 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 30 min · 2,335 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 30 min · 2,367 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 30 min · 2,364 flights

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Related pages

Delay predictorfor this route→HNL airportHonolulu→LAX airportLos Angeles→United Airlinesairline profile→American Airlinesairline profile→Delta Air Linesairline profile→Seasonal delay patternsguide→

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.