Daniel K Inouye International in April 2024

86.2%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,104 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 85.0% of the time (5,104 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 85.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	86.2%	—	83.5%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.9%	—	82.0%	80.2%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	0.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	—	10.4 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	170	—	159	19,406
Scheduled departures	5,104	—	58,088	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,590	51%	82.2%	6.6 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,238	24%	92.1%	-5.3 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	418	8%	90.9%	-4.7 min	1.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	351	7%	79.8%	2.8 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	300	6%	88.0%	2.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	207	4%	91.8%	-8.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	959	88.5%	0.6 min	1.4%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	718	84.3%	3.1 min	2.4%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	658	87.5%	2.9 min	1.1%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	544	88.1%	3.3 min	0.0%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	451	86.3%	4.2 min	0.7%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	232	78.4%	2.7 min	0.4%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	211	80.1%	9.2 min	0.9%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	148	86.5%	-0.4 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	125	90.4%	-5.1 min	0.8%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	120	89.2%	-3.3 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	120	80.0%	-1.5 min	0.8%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	90	87.8%	1.7 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.4%	33.6%	19,255
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	41.0%	14,288
National Aviation System	5.1%	20.0%	1,840
Extreme weather	1.2%	5.1%	428
Security	0.8%	0.2%	278

36,089 delay minutes on 667 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 April 2024?

86.2% of 5,104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.