Hilo International in August 2023

92.0%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 654 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 92.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 15.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 90.4% of the time (654 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 35% and security 2%.

On time 91.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ITO in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	92.0%	—	84.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	91.3%	—	82.8%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	3.5 min	—	7.5 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	18	20,100
Scheduled departures	654	—	6,609	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	499	76%	89.8%	1.2 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	155	24%	96.1%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	596	91.1%	-1.4 min	0.7%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	58	93.1%	1.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	36.7%	642
Late-arriving aircraft	62.2%	42.2%	1,150
National Aviation System	1.4%	15.7%	26
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	1.6%	0.2%	30

1,848 delay minutes on 53 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 ITO on time in August 2023?

92.0% of 654 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ITO · methodology · corrections.