Daniel K Inouye International in January 2024

74.3%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,169 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so HNL departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 66.0% of the time (5,171 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 77.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from HNL in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	74.3%	—	83.5%	74.0%
Arrived on time	77.5%	—	82.0%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.8%	—	0.9%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	—	10.4 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	172	—	159	18,242
Scheduled departures	5,169	—	58,088	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,684	52%	74.9%	7.9 min	1.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,209	23%	84.2%	-3.0 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	409	8%	88.0%	-9.2 min	1.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	357	7%	46.8%	31.7 min	25.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	310	6%	85.2%	-6.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	200	4%	94.5%	-17.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	994	78.8%	5.2 min	1.8%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	730	76.7%	8.0 min	0.7%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	697	77.9%	7.2 min	1.4%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	562	75.3%	7.9 min	1.1%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	428	85.7%	-8.1 min	2.3%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	233	67.0%	4.0 min	12.0%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	198	78.3%	-3.9 min	7.6%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	124	68.5%	11.5 min	10.5%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	123	73.2%	1.7 min	5.7%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	120	81.7%	-3.3 min	0.8%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	100	90.0%	-14.3 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	94	81.9%	-8.4 min	1.1%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.0%	32.6%	18,934
Late-arriving aircraft	57.1%	39.0%	29,268
National Aviation System	2.9%	17.9%	1,489
Extreme weather	2.9%	10.3%	1,485
Security	0.1%	0.2%	65

51,241 delay minutes on 1,013 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 January 2024?

74.3% of 5,169 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.