Daniel K Inouye International in October 2025

87.0%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,682 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 7.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 4,980 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 83.8% of the time (4,681 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	87.0%	87.2%	83.5%	80.0%
Arrived on time	86.7%	87.2%	82.0%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.9%	0.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	7.2 min	10.4 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	156	166	159	20,195
Scheduled departures	4,682	4,980	58,088	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,723	58%	82.8%	7.5 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,010	22%	95.6%	-10.0 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	370	8%	89.2%	-5.3 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	279	6%	92.8%	-15.0 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	176	4%	87.5%	-0.4 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	124	3%	77.4%	7.1 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	880	89.8%	0.3 min	0.3%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	640	91.6%	-0.6 min	0.0%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	590	88.0%	2.4 min	1.4%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	514	90.7%	1.0 min	0.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	389	85.3%	-2.2 min	0.3%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	247	74.5%	8.9 min	2.0%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	186	80.6%	4.2 min	0.0%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	184	83.7%	0.7 min	0.5%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	146	76.0%	11.8 min	0.7%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	93	86.0%	1.5 min	0.0%
HNL–PDX	Honolulu to Portland	75	69.3%	30.9 min	1.3%
HNL–LGB	Honolulu to Long Beach	62	83.9%	-4.1 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	65.3%	34.0%	22,360
Late-arriving aircraft	28.5%	39.7%	9,775
National Aviation System	4.8%	22.9%	1,627
Extreme weather	0.9%	3.3%	308
Security	0.5%	0.1%	178

34,248 delay minutes on 587 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 October 2025?

87.0% of 4,682 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 87.2% of 4,980 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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