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Carrier month · December 2025

Hawaiian Airlines in December 2025

71.4%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In December 2025, Hawaiian Airlines (HA) reported 6,705 scheduled domestic flights. 71.4% arrived on time, 0.7% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 71.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.5 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, it reported 6,699 flights with 83.6% on time: a change of −12.2 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and extreme weather 4%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Hawaiian Airlines in December 2025.

December 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureDec 2025Dec 2024HA, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Dec 2025
Arrived on time71.4%83.6%81.2%71.9%
Departed on time74.0%85.4%82.9%72.0%
Cancelled0.7%0.5%0.7%1.5%
Average arrival delay14.7 min4.4 min7.6 min13.0 min
Scheduled flights a day2242239119,410
Scheduled flights6,7056,69933,121582,304

19 airports and 68 routes had HA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
HNL Honolulu2,78170.3%16.4 min0.6%
OGG Kahului1,08869.4%13.3 min0.5%
LIH Lihue69475.4%9.9 min0.1%
KOA Kona59475.6%10.9 min0.2%
ITO Hilo41273.3%8.2 min0.0%
LAX Los Angeles20061.0%27.4 min2.5%
SEA Seattle15156.3%29.7 min2.6%
LAS Las Vegas14269.0%25.1 min0.7%
SMF Sacramento9384.9%1.3 min0.0%
SFO San Francisco8675.6%-4.7 min5.8%
SAN San Diego8062.5%37.5 min3.8%
OAK Oakland7887.2%-12.0 min0.0%
PDX Portland7564.0%48.1 min2.7%
LGB Long Beach6285.5%-7.1 min1.6%
SJC San Jose6293.5%-2.4 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of HA flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Dec 2025Minutes
Air carrier56.9%33.3%62,654
Late-arriving aircraft36.9%41.1%40,613
National Aviation System1.8%19.1%2,037
Extreme weather4.1%6.4%4,544
Security0.2%0.2%270
110,118 delay minutes on 1,861 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
← November 2025

Questions and answers

What share of Hawaiian Airlines flights were on time in December 2025?

71.4% of 6,705 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 71.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024 the carrier reported 6,699 flights with 83.6% on time and 0.5% cancelled, against 71.4% and 0.7% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Hawaiian Airlines · methodology · corrections.