OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Honolulu to Oakland

2,409 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on HNL–OAK arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights

based on 674 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlinesbest
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights337
  • Hawaiian Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights214
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights123

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline64%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft18%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline98%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 42 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 → OAK

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 — 93% on time.

  • Mornings93% on time · p90 5 min · 451 flights
  • Afternoons87% on time · p90 15 min · 667 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 25 min · 1,728 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 87% on time.

  • Sundays87% on time · p90 15 min · 410 flights
  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 413 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 398 flights
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 20 min · 410 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 15 min · 398 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 20 min · 411 flights
  • Fridays81% on time · p90 25 min · 411 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.