Daniel K Inouye International in December 2024

86.0%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,276 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 5,317 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 84.8% of the time (5,277 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	86.0%	85.8%	83.5%	77.8%
Arrived on time	85.4%	87.5%	82.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.1%	0.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	8.3 min	10.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	176	177	159	19,686
Scheduled departures	5,276	5,317	58,088	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,670	51%	83.9%	4.9 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,191	23%	90.6%	-3.3 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	453	9%	88.1%	-3.7 min	0.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	385	7%	74.5%	3.5 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	365	7%	87.7%	-3.9 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	212	4%	85.8%	-0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	975	88.8%	0.0 min	0.4%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	718	89.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	673	89.9%	1.1 min	0.4%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	531	89.6%	1.5 min	0.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	466	82.2%	4.5 min	0.2%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	275	82.9%	-7.3 min	1.8%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	234	79.5%	0.2 min	1.3%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	155	72.9%	10.0 min	0.0%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	123	74.0%	8.4 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	106	84.0%	9.8 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	106	83.0%	-1.5 min	0.9%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	93	84.9%	4.3 min	2.2%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	56.4%	34.3%	20,359
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	40.2%	12,543
National Aviation System	6.2%	17.8%	2,223
Extreme weather	2.1%	7.5%	768
Security	0.6%	0.2%	205

36,098 delay minutes on 733 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 December 2024?

86.0% of 5,276 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 85.8% of 5,317 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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