Hilo International in November 2023

91.0%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 608 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 91.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 86.2% of the time (608 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.5%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	91.0%	—	84.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.5%	—	82.8%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.0%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	3.5 min	—	7.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	18	18,793
Scheduled departures	608	—	6,609	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	458	75%	86.5%	2.1 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	25%	94.7%	-2.6 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	552	88.8%	1.1 min	0.9%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	56	85.7%	-0.3 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	42.5%	678
Late-arriving aircraft	58.0%	37.3%	1,196
National Aviation System	6.0%	16.2%	124
Extreme weather	3.1%	3.7%	64
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,062 delay minutes on 64 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 November 2023?

91.0% of 608 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.