Daniel K Inouye International in February 2025

87.7%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,637 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 87.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 8.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 4,778 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of +5.4 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 83.0% of the time (4,638 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from HNL in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	87.7%	82.3%	83.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	86.3%	84.4%	82.0%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.7%	0.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	12.0 min	10.4 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	155	159	159	16,830
Scheduled departures	4,637	4,778	58,088	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,410	52%	84.9%	4.0 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,043	22%	94.6%	-7.3 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	344	7%	84.9%	-3.9 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	336	7%	72.6%	4.0 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	320	7%	84.1%	-2.6 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	184	4%	88.0%	7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	891	89.2%	0.6 min	0.6%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	654	87.3%	3.4 min	0.2%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	611	89.7%	2.1 min	0.0%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	488	91.0%	0.5 min	0.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	364	83.0%	1.9 min	0.5%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	244	77.5%	-1.3 min	0.8%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	168	81.0%	0.9 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	112	78.6%	0.8 min	0.9%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	110	90.9%	-3.5 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	100	86.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	84	85.7%	-6.0 min	0.0%
HNL–SLC	Honolulu to Salt Lake City	76	84.2%	-2.4 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	56.9%	33.9%	18,283
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	36.9%	11,144
National Aviation System	7.6%	22.5%	2,446
Extreme weather	0.8%	6.6%	250
Security	0.0%	0.1%	7

32,130 delay minutes on 618 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 February 2025?

87.7% of 4,637 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 82.3% of 4,778 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 87.7% and 0.3% in February 2025.

Provenance

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