Daniel K Inouye International in October 2024

87.2%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,980 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 5,274 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 85.8% of the time (4,982 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.2%	83.7%	83.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.2%	82.6%	82.0%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.2 min	9.5 min	10.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	166	176	159	20,517
Scheduled departures	4,980	5,274	58,088	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,612	52%	86.1%	3.1 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,189	24%	93.4%	-6.7 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	373	7%	74.8%	5.2 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	354	7%	83.6%	1.9 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	291	6%	88.0%	-4.1 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	161	3%	96.3%	-9.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	959	90.8%	-0.9 min	1.1%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	720	91.5%	-0.7 min	1.8%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	673	89.6%	0.6 min	1.2%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	524	84.7%	3.3 min	1.3%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	441	86.8%	-3.0 min	0.5%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	249	81.9%	0.6 min	0.4%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	191	79.6%	8.3 min	1.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	155	83.9%	2.0 min	0.6%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	124	86.3%	-0.4 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	112	76.8%	0.4 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	93	87.1%	-7.9 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	84	86.9%	-5.6 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	58.0%	42.7%	15,780
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	37.4%	9,840
National Aviation System	5.5%	16.3%	1,506
Extreme weather	0.1%	3.4%	23
Security	0.2%	0.2%	47

27,196 delay minutes on 581 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 October 2024?

87.2% of 4,980 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.7% of 5,274 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 87.2% and 0.9% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.