Daniel K Inouye International in December 2023

85.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 5,317 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 81.2% of the time (5,319 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 44% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 87.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.8%	—	83.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	87.5%	—	82.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	—	10.4 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	177	—	159	19,013
Scheduled departures	5,317	—	58,088	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,740	52%	85.3%	3.6 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,209	23%	90.2%	-4.6 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	473	9%	89.2%	-4.6 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	371	7%	84.6%	-5.9 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	310	6%	91.3%	-14.7 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	214	4%	94.9%	-16.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	1,033	89.4%	1.3 min	1.2%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	745	88.9%	2.5 min	2.0%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	712	85.3%	3.3 min	1.0%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	550	86.5%	3.8 min	1.6%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	457	89.1%	-9.1 min	0.0%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	248	87.1%	-10.8 min	0.0%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	218	86.7%	1.2 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	124	87.1%	-7.1 min	0.0%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	123	91.1%	-10.8 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	119	85.7%	-9.0 min	0.8%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	109	92.7%	-15.6 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	100	79.0%	-6.5 min	8.0%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	52.2%	37.1%	15,789
Late-arriving aircraft	43.6%	38.8%	13,193
National Aviation System	3.4%	17.6%	1,033
Extreme weather	0.3%	6.2%	83
Security	0.5%	0.3%	142

30,240 delay minutes on 606 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 December 2023?

85.8% of 5,317 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.