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Airport month · January 2025
Daniel K Inouye International in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,164 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 7.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 5,169 departures with 74.3% leaving on time: a change of +12.8 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 86.4% of the time (5,165 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and extreme weather 11%.
- On time 84.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.1% | 74.3% | 83.5% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 84.6% | 77.5% | 82.0% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.1 min | 13.7 min | 10.4 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 172 | 172 | 159 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,164 | 5,169 | 58,088 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 2,678 | 52% | 84.8% | 7.3 min | 1.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,155 | 22% | 91.9% | -4.1 min | 1.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 401 | 8% | 81.5% | 6.1 min | 1.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 377 | 7% | 71.9% | 6.9 min | 3.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 359 | 7% | 79.1% | 18.9 min | 1.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 194 | 4% | 80.9% | 4.7 min | 1.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HNL–OGG | Honolulu to Kahului | 985 | 90.7% | 2.2 min | 2.1% |
| HNL–LIH | Honolulu to Lihue | 719 | 88.5% | 3.5 min | 2.2% |
| HNL–KOA | Honolulu to Kona | 677 | 89.8% | 2.4 min | 1.8% |
| HNL–ITO | Honolulu to Hilo | 540 | 89.1% | 3.5 min | 1.9% |
| HNL–LAX | Honolulu to Los Angeles | 427 | 80.6% | 9.2 min | 1.9% |
| HNL–SEA | Honolulu to Seattle | 277 | 75.5% | 18.5 min | 2.5% |
| HNL–SFO | Honolulu to San Francisco | 198 | 77.8% | 5.6 min | 1.5% |
| HNL–SAN | Honolulu to San Diego | 129 | 72.1% | 8.6 min | 1.6% |
| HNL–LAS | Honolulu to Las Vegas | 127 | 79.5% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| HNL–SJC | Honolulu to San Jose | 96 | 86.5% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| HNL–PHX | Honolulu to Phoenix | 95 | 83.2% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| HNL–SLC | Honolulu to Salt Lake City | 85 | 75.3% | 8.3 min | 2.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left HNL on time in January 2025?
87.1% of 5,164 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 74.3% of 5,169 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 87.1% and 1.8% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.