Daniel K Inouye International in September 2023

88.8%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 5,018 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 88.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 8.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 88.6% of the time (5,024 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 88.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	88.8%	—	83.5%	80.5%
Arrived on time	88.9%	—	82.0%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	0.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	—	10.4 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	167	—	159	18,978
Scheduled departures	5,018	—	58,088	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,685	54%	88.4%	2.8 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,204	24%	92.8%	-4.9 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	360	7%	79.4%	3.9 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	330	7%	87.6%	-2.1 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	284	6%	85.9%	9.3 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	155	3%	98.1%	-11.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	1,035	92.9%	-1.1 min	0.3%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	722	92.9%	0.1 min	0.0%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	680	90.7%	0.1 min	0.0%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	553	94.4%	-0.9 min	0.4%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	426	87.8%	3.9 min	0.7%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	240	79.6%	5.5 min	0.8%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	197	79.7%	0.0 min	3.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	120	87.5%	-2.4 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	116	88.8%	-4.3 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	116	84.5%	3.9 min	0.0%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	113	86.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	92	79.3%	1.4 min	2.2%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	57.0%	36.4%	16,574
Late-arriving aircraft	34.0%	38.3%	9,892
National Aviation System	8.5%	19.9%	2,463
Extreme weather	0.2%	5.1%	46
Security	0.3%	0.2%	101

29,076 delay minutes on 530 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 September 2023?

88.8% of 5,018 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.