Daniel K Inouye International in May 2024

82.8%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,232 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 9.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 79.4% of the time (5,230 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	82.8%	—	83.5%	73.4%
Arrived on time	80.8%	—	82.0%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.7%	—	0.9%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.1 min	—	10.4 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	174	—	159	20,325
Scheduled departures	5,232	—	58,088	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,694	51%	76.5%	8.5 min	2.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,271	24%	90.5%	-0.9 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	419	8%	81.1%	0.8 min	1.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	347	7%	75.2%	8.5 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	310	6%	80.3%	12.2 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	191	4%	88.0%	3.3 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	993	84.0%	3.2 min	2.4%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	742	78.8%	7.5 min	4.2%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	679	80.4%	5.6 min	1.9%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	550	80.7%	6.4 min	1.3%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	491	83.1%	6.0 min	0.4%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	240	74.6%	10.6 min	0.4%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	199	72.4%	8.7 min	1.5%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	155	90.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	124	85.5%	0.4 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	124	89.5%	-4.2 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	124	79.8%	8.2 min	0.8%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	93	79.6%	4.7 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	51.0%	29.8%	24,114
Late-arriving aircraft	41.4%	43.0%	19,538
National Aviation System	5.7%	20.1%	2,704
Extreme weather	0.7%	7.0%	312
Security	1.2%	0.1%	581

47,249 delay minutes on 908 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 May 2024?

82.8% of 5,232 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.