Daniel K Inouye International in March 2024

88.2%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,264 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 9.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 87.3% of the time (5,265 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 87.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	88.2%	—	83.5%	78.5%
Arrived on time	87.6%	—	82.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	0.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.2 min	—	10.4 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	176	—	159	19,726
Scheduled departures	5,264	—	58,088	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,643	50%	86.9%	3.0 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,282	24%	91.7%	-5.8 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	446	8%	85.0%	-5.3 min	1.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	368	7%	77.4%	0.0 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	310	6%	88.1%	-6.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	215	4%	93.5%	-17.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	987	89.6%	1.0 min	0.4%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	735	89.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	681	90.9%	0.6 min	0.1%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	548	90.3%	1.6 min	0.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	456	87.3%	-7.4 min	1.3%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	244	79.9%	-1.3 min	0.8%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	219	80.4%	6.2 min	1.4%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	147	91.8%	-14.8 min	0.0%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	135	87.4%	-8.6 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	124	89.5%	-10.3 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	124	87.1%	-8.1 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	93	78.5%	-1.4 min	1.1%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	51.9%	32.1%	12,794
Late-arriving aircraft	36.9%	42.1%	9,095
National Aviation System	10.1%	21.4%	2,487
Extreme weather	0.4%	4.2%	92
Security	0.8%	0.2%	187

24,655 delay minutes on 619 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 March 2024?

88.2% of 5,264 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.