Hilo International in January 2024

82.7%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 597 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 8.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 73.7% of the time (597 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 17% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.6%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ITO in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	—	84.5%	74.0%
Arrived on time	78.4%	—	82.8%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.0%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.0 min	—	7.5 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	18	18,242
Scheduled departures	597	—	6,609	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	442	74%	74.0%	11.1 min	1.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	155	26%	91.0%	0.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	562	77.8%	8.4 min	1.1%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	35	88.6%	4.2 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	16.5%	32.6%	866
Late-arriving aircraft	55.3%	39.0%	2,897
National Aviation System	14.9%	17.9%	779
Extreme weather	6.5%	10.3%	343
Security	6.7%	0.2%	352

5,237 delay minutes on 123 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 January 2024?

82.7% of 597 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.