Daniel K Inouye International in February 2026

81.7%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 4,464 domestic departures from Daniel K Inouye International (HNL). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so HNL departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 4,637 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.0 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at HNL that month were on time 76.8% of the time (4,472 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from HNL in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	HNL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	81.7%	87.7%	83.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	81.0%	86.3%	82.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.3%	0.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	8.2 min	10.4 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	149	155	159	17,168
Scheduled departures	4,464	4,637	58,088	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	2,706	61%	76.5%	7.9 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	912	20%	90.7%	-6.0 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	337	8%	85.2%	2.4 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	296	7%	84.5%	-3.8 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	213	5%	86.4%	5.2 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HNL–OGG	Honolulu to Kahului	799	78.2%	6.4 min	1.0%
HNL–LIH	Honolulu to Lihue	587	78.0%	6.1 min	2.7%
HNL–KOA	Honolulu to Kona	573	82.9%	4.4 min	0.7%
HNL–ITO	Honolulu to Hilo	493	80.7%	6.9 min	0.2%
HNL–LAX	Honolulu to Los Angeles	359	85.0%	2.8 min	0.0%
HNL–SEA	Honolulu to Seattle	231	80.1%	3.9 min	0.9%
HNL–SFO	Honolulu to San Francisco	163	83.4%	9.2 min	0.6%
HNL–LAS	Honolulu to Las Vegas	156	83.3%	-2.8 min	0.0%
HNL–SAN	Honolulu to San Diego	140	85.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%
HNL–PHX	Honolulu to Phoenix	101	93.1%	-10.2 min	1.0%
HNL–SLC	Honolulu to Salt Lake City	76	80.3%	7.3 min	2.6%
HNL–PDX	Honolulu to Portland	68	73.5%	10.7 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	57.2%	38.2%	25,097
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	37.2%	14,830
National Aviation System	6.2%	18.5%	2,703
Extreme weather	2.7%	6.0%	1,179
Security	0.2%	0.2%	104

43,913 delay minutes on 803 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 2026?

81.7% of 4,464 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 87.7% of 4,637 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 0.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.