Historical on-time performance
New York to Honolulu
4,983 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on JFK–HNL arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 492 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesbestOn-time85%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.0%Flights153
- Hawaiian AirlinesOn-time71%Medianon timep9050 minCancel0.6%Flights339
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline56%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)6%
- Late aircraft32%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly JFK → HNL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.
- Mornings79% on time · p90 35 min · 822 flights
- Middays70% on time · p90 45 min · 1,217 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 79% on time.
- Mondays79% on time · p90 30 min · 306 flights
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 313 flights
- Tuesdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 251 flights
- Fridays74% on time · p90 35 min · 305 flights
- Saturdays71% on time · p90 45 min · 312 flights
- Wednesdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 244 flights
- Sundays69% on time · p90 45 min · 309 flights
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