OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Honolulu

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

Flights on JFK–HNL arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 495 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-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights153
  • Hawaiian Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights216
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time57%
    Median5 min
    p9055 min
    Cancel5.6%
    Flights126

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline56%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)7%
  • Late aircraft30%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline89%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 9 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 JFK → HNL

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 73% to 75% on time.

  • Mornings75% on time · p90 40 min · 847 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 40 min · 1,190 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 79% on time.

  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 247 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 35 min · 306 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 316 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 40 min · 237 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 35 min · 308 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 315 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 45 min · 310 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.