Hilo International in October 2024

89.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 551 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.1% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 619 departures with 90.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 84.6% of the time (551 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 65%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 89.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.0%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.3%	90.5%	84.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.1%	88.5%	82.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.2%	1.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.8 min	4.7 min	7.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	21	18	20,517
Scheduled departures	551	619	6,609	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	396	72%	86.9%	2.6 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	155	28%	94.8%	-5.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	524	88.5%	0.5 min	1.0%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	27	100.0%	-2.3 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.6%	42.7%	482
Late-arriving aircraft	65.4%	37.4%	1,231
National Aviation System	9.0%	16.3%	169
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,882 delay minutes on 55 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 October 2024?

89.3% of 551 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.5% of 619 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 0.9% in October 2024.

Provenance

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