Daniel K Inouye International in February 2024

82.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,778 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 77.9% of the time (4,779 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	82.3%	—	83.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	84.4%	—	82.0%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	0.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	—	10.4 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	159	—	159	17,307
Scheduled departures	4,778	—	58,088	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,477	52%	82.9%	5.1 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,131	24%	88.8%	-5.4 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	355	7%	86.2%	-5.9 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	336	7%	74.7%	2.4 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	290	6%	82.8%	-1.5 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	189	4%	94.7%	-2.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	923	86.9%	3.0 min	0.5%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	678	84.8%	5.1 min	0.9%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	645	78.6%	9.0 min	1.6%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	524	85.9%	4.5 min	0.4%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	377	86.7%	-5.8 min	0.3%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	220	79.5%	1.4 min	0.5%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	188	79.8%	9.3 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	116	91.4%	-12.9 min	0.9%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	114	86.0%	-12.0 min	0.9%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	105	88.6%	-18.3 min	1.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	102	97.1%	-26.9 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	87	90.8%	-16.4 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	51.3%	35.9%	21,474
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	36.9%	16,194
National Aviation System	8.9%	21.7%	3,722
Extreme weather	1.0%	5.3%	413
Security	0.1%	0.3%	26

41,829 delay minutes on 702 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 February 2024?

82.3% of 4,778 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.