Daniel K Inouye International in November 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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,623 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 8.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 4,919 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 84.0% of the time (4,621 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	87.0%	90.8%	83.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	82.7%	89.6%	82.0%	77.3%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.3%	0.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	5.6 min	10.4 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	154	164	159	19,018
Scheduled departures	4,623	4,919	58,088	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	2,668	58%	79.4%	8.4 min	2.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	974	21%	91.2%	-3.8 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	352	8%	87.5%	-1.2 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	287	6%	88.2%	-5.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	204	4%	77.0%	11.0 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	138	3%	71.7%	3.1 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	839	88.4%	1.6 min	2.4%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	646	86.4%	1.8 min	2.9%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	584	86.6%	2.6 min	2.9%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	513	85.8%	3.0 min	1.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	407	77.6%	6.3 min	0.5%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	236	73.7%	7.9 min	0.8%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	179	75.4%	10.4 min	0.6%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	175	78.3%	2.8 min	2.3%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	133	62.4%	19.7 min	1.5%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	90	82.2%	5.5 min	0.0%
HNL–SLC	Honolulu to Salt Lake City	76	80.3%	-1.9 min	0.0%
HNL–PDX	Honolulu to Portland	73	74.0%	9.1 min	1.4%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	62.3%	30.2%	22,078
Late-arriving aircraft	26.0%	38.3%	9,213
National Aviation System	8.1%	26.7%	2,877
Extreme weather	2.9%	4.6%	1,014
Security	0.8%	0.1%	272

35,454 delay minutes on 715 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 November 2025?

87.0% of 4,623 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 90.8% of 4,919 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 1.6% in November 2025.

Provenance

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