Daniel K Inouye International in November 2023

87.4%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 5,141 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 83.7% of the time (5,138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	87.4%	—	83.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.2%	—	82.0%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	0.9%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.6 min	—	10.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	171	—	159	18,793
Scheduled departures	5,141	—	58,088	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,686	52%	85.6%	2.7 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,199	23%	92.2%	-6.2 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	403	8%	92.3%	-13.1 min	0.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	359	7%	82.2%	-3.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	299	6%	93.0%	-15.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	195	4%	93.8%	-11.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	983	88.9%	1.0 min	0.9%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	743	87.9%	2.8 min	1.5%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	701	86.3%	2.9 min	0.4%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	552	85.9%	2.4 min	0.4%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	422	92.2%	-12.0 min	0.0%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	239	86.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	232	93.1%	-14.3 min	1.3%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	129	96.1%	-11.1 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	122	92.6%	-13.1 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	120	86.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	116	91.4%	-11.8 min	0.9%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	92	87.0%	-10.3 min	3.3%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.4%	42.5%	12,215
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	37.3%	9,586
National Aviation System	7.6%	16.2%	1,829
Extreme weather	2.0%	3.7%	481
Security	0.5%	0.3%	111

24,222 delay minutes on 569 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 November 2023?

87.4% of 5,141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.