Daniel K Inouye International in August 2023

82.8%departed 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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 5,377 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 80.5% of the time (5,394 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from HNL in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.8%	—	83.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	85.0%	—	82.0%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	0.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	—	10.4 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	179	—	159	20,100
Scheduled departures	5,377	—	58,088	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,821	52%	83.2%	7.3 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,271	24%	89.2%	-3.1 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	437	8%	84.4%	-0.5 min	0.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	372	7%	78.2%	2.8 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	291	5%	90.0%	-8.4 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	185	3%	90.3%	0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	1,104	87.1%	2.5 min	1.1%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	757	87.5%	2.4 min	0.5%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	685	85.8%	1.8 min	1.2%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	596	90.3%	1.6 min	0.7%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	481	81.1%	5.2 min	1.2%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	250	83.6%	-2.1 min	1.6%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	248	81.5%	-0.1 min	0.8%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	146	85.6%	3.1 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	124	83.9%	1.7 min	2.4%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	124	85.5%	0.3 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	98	82.7%	-4.1 min	5.1%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	93	78.5%	35.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	61.7%	36.7%	25,485
Late-arriving aircraft	33.2%	42.2%	13,716
National Aviation System	4.1%	15.7%	1,691
Extreme weather	0.7%	5.1%	277
Security	0.3%	0.2%	134

41,303 delay minutes on 747 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left HNL on time in August 2023?

82.8% of 5,377 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HNL · methodology · corrections.