Hilo International in April 2024

89.2%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 572 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.7% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 8.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 87.9% of the time (572 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 75%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 89.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.1%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	89.2%	—	84.5%	80.5%
Arrived on time	89.7%	—	82.8%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.7 min	—	7.5 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	18	19,406
Scheduled departures	572	—	6,609	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	422	74%	87.2%	3.2 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	26%	96.7%	-4.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	543	90.1%	1.0 min	0.2%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	29	82.8%	4.5 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	20.5%	33.6%	497
Late-arriving aircraft	75.0%	41.0%	1,817
National Aviation System	3.4%	20.0%	83
Extreme weather	0.6%	5.1%	14
Security	0.5%	0.2%	13

2,424 delay minutes on 58 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 April 2024?

89.2% of 572 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.