LAX → KOA flight reliability · OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Los Angeles to Kona

2,504 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LAX–KOA arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min

p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)

Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 1,318 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.

Airline	On-time	Median	p90	Cancel	Flights
Hawaiian Airlines⚠ low data	92%	on time	10 min	0.8%	123
Delta Air Lines	85%	on time	35 min	0.3%	337
United Airlines	90%	on time	10 min	0.4%	459
American Airlines	87%	on time	30 min	0.0%	245
Alaska Airlines⚠ low data	69%	on time	40 min	1.3%	154

Hawaiian Airlines
On-time92%
Medianon time
p9010 min
Cancel0.8%
Flights123
Delta Air Lines
On-time85%
Medianon time
p9035 min
Cancel0.3%
Flights337
United Airlines
On-time90%
Medianon time
p9010 min
Cancel0.4%
Flights459
American Airlines
On-time87%
Medianon time
p9030 min
Cancel0.0%
Flights245
Alaska Airlines
On-time69%
Medianon time
p9040 min
Cancel1.3%
Flights154

Why flights run late

Delay causes

Airline56%
Weather1%
Air traffic (NAS)22%
Late aircraft22%
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 LAX → KOA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 80% to 86% on time.

Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,565 flights
Afternoons83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,162 flights
Evenings82% on time · p90 25 min · 412 flights
Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,811 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 84% on time.

Saturdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 761 flights
Mondays84% on time · p90 20 min · 704 flights
Tuesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 680 flights
Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 702 flights
Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 684 flights
Sundays82% on time · p90 30 min · 717 flights
Fridays81% on time · p90 30 min · 702 flights

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