Daniel K Inouye International in October 2023

83.7%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 5,274 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so HNL departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 80.3% of the time (5,270 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	83.7%	—	83.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	82.6%	—	82.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.5 min	—	10.4 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	176	—	159	19,966
Scheduled departures	5,274	—	58,088	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,799	53%	76.9%	7.9 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,268	24%	90.5%	-2.6 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	387	7%	89.4%	0.3 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	372	7%	83.3%	-0.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	290	5%	90.0%	1.9 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	158	3%	87.3%	1.9 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	1,051	82.6%	3.8 min	0.6%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	744	81.7%	5.8 min	0.4%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	739	82.9%	3.6 min	0.8%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	562	86.3%	3.3 min	0.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	435	83.9%	1.7 min	0.7%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	248	84.3%	1.6 min	0.0%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	230	81.7%	2.3 min	3.0%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	145	81.4%	3.5 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	124	80.6%	-0.6 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	124	85.5%	1.0 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	122	87.7%	-1.8 min	0.8%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	97	79.4%	-3.0 min	6.2%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	55.4%	41.3%	23,098
Late-arriving aircraft	36.8%	40.5%	15,346
National Aviation System	5.1%	14.4%	2,143
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.7%	743
Security	0.8%	0.2%	336

41,666 delay minutes on 875 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 October 2023?

83.7% of 5,274 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.