Daniel K Inouye International in March 2025

85.6%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,384 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 85.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 5,264 departures with 88.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 84.0% of the time (5,387 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	85.6%	88.2%	83.5%	79.9%
Arrived on time	84.7%	87.6%	82.0%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.5%	0.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	6.2 min	10.4 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	180	176	159	20,029
Scheduled departures	5,384	5,264	58,088	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,731	51%	81.0%	6.4 min	2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,257	23%	95.6%	-8.8 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	469	9%	82.9%	-2.6 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	385	7%	83.1%	2.2 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	321	6%	76.9%	1.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	221	4%	86.0%	13.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	972	86.9%	1.5 min	1.9%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	732	86.1%	1.7 min	1.4%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	692	84.7%	3.1 min	3.5%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	540	89.1%	0.0 min	0.7%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	454	84.1%	6.1 min	0.0%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	271	79.7%	-2.2 min	0.4%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	211	73.9%	2.0 min	0.5%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	160	87.5%	-2.0 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	150	90.7%	2.5 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	123	82.1%	2.6 min	0.0%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	100	88.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
HNL–OAK	Honolulu to Oakland	91	89.0%	-4.6 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	51.3%	33.0%	20,304
Late-arriving aircraft	37.5%	39.2%	14,840
National Aviation System	5.4%	21.9%	2,130
Extreme weather	4.7%	5.9%	1,878
Security	1.1%	0.1%	427

39,579 delay minutes on 754 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 March 2025?

85.6% of 5,384 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 88.2% of 5,264 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 85.6% and 1.2% in March 2025.

Provenance

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