Daniel K Inouye International in July 2025

83.5%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,176 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 13.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 5,494 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 79.0% of the time (5,181 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	83.5%	83.7%	83.5%	69.7%
Arrived on time	82.8%	82.7%	82.0%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.9%	0.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	9.2 min	10.4 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	173	183	159	21,048
Scheduled departures	5,176	5,494	58,088	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,897	56%	81.3%	7.0 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,125	22%	86.8%	-2.5 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	503	10%	87.1%	1.7 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	310	6%	86.1%	-4.8 min	2.6%
AA American Airlines	217	4%	81.1%	24.3 min	1.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	124	2%	61.3%	17.4 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	907	83.7%	4.1 min	1.3%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	697	86.5%	4.7 min	0.9%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	642	85.7%	4.8 min	0.5%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	565	86.5%	3.7 min	1.8%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	547	81.5%	0.9 min	1.1%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	248	67.7%	14.3 min	2.4%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	238	81.5%	5.4 min	0.8%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	186	79.0%	2.9 min	1.1%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	145	84.1%	3.4 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	124	75.8%	14.0 min	4.8%
HNL–SJC	Honolulu to San Jose	93	90.3%	-4.6 min	0.0%
HNL–PDX	Honolulu to Portland	89	73.0%	6.8 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.5%	31.1%	21,723
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	40.8%	18,119
National Aviation System	3.4%	20.7%	1,533
Extreme weather	9.1%	7.3%	4,136
Security	0.4%	0.1%	190

45,701 delay minutes on 820 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 July 2025?

83.5% of 5,176 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 83.7% of 5,494 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 1.2% in July 2025.

Provenance

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