Historical on-time performance
Chicago to Honolulu
4,243 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on ORD–HNL arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 481 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.
- United AirlinesOn-time84%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.2%Flights420
- American AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.0%Flights61
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline55%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)25%
- Late aircraft17%
- 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 ORD → HNL
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 81% to 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,096 flights
- Middays81% on time · p90 40 min · 135 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 89% on time.
- Thursdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 176 flights · limited
- Tuesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 173 flights · limited
- Mondays86% on time · p90 15 min · 174 flights · limited
- Saturdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 181 flights · limited
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 173 flights · limited
- Sundays83% on time · p90 30 min · 178 flights · limited
- Fridays82% on time · p90 35 min · 176 flights · limited
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