Hilo International in February 2025

93.0%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 512 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 93.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 13.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 549 departures with 93.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 90.0% of the time (512 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 8%.

On time 91.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.4%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ITO in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	93.0%	93.3%	84.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	91.4%	91.3%	82.8%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.4%	1.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.0 min	3.6 min	7.5 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	18	18	16,830
Scheduled departures	512	549	6,609	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	372	73%	88.7%	3.7 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	140	27%	98.6%	-9.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	488	91.6%	0.0 min	0.2%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	24	87.5%	1.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.8%	33.9%	561
Late-arriving aircraft	57.6%	36.9%	985
National Aviation System	7.9%	22.5%	136
Extreme weather	1.7%	6.6%	29
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,711 delay minutes on 43 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 February 2025?

93.0% of 512 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 93.3% of 549 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 93.0% and 0.2% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.