Daniel K Inouye International in November 2024

90.8%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,919 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 90.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 5,141 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 89.3% of the time (4,920 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 89.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.0%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	90.8%	87.4%	83.5%	85.2%
Arrived on time	89.6%	88.2%	82.0%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.7%	0.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.6 min	6.6 min	10.4 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	164	171	159	19,180
Scheduled departures	4,919	5,141	58,088	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,558	52%	89.1%	1.3 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,138	23%	94.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	379	8%	86.8%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	358	7%	75.7%	1.3 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	308	6%	93.8%	-12.5 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	178	4%	93.3%	-9.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	938	93.8%	-1.8 min	0.3%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	698	93.1%	-1.4 min	0.4%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	651	92.8%	0.0 min	0.0%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	515	91.7%	0.5 min	0.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	418	86.1%	-1.0 min	0.0%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	243	84.0%	-5.8 min	1.2%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	217	79.7%	1.4 min	0.5%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	150	86.7%	0.3 min	0.0%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	119	89.1%	-6.0 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	99	82.8%	-1.6 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	90	83.3%	-2.5 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	89	83.1%	1.6 min	0.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	52.4%	36.9%	11,823
Late-arriving aircraft	36.4%	35.6%	8,198
National Aviation System	10.7%	21.9%	2,418
Extreme weather	0.4%	5.4%	85
Security	0.1%	0.2%	19

22,543 delay minutes on 494 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 November 2024?

90.8% of 4,919 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.4% of 5,141 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 90.8% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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