Hilo International in February 2026

84.1%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 516 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 84.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 512 departures with 93.0% leaving on time: a change of −8.9 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 78.3% of the time (517 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 32% and extreme weather 5%.

On time 81.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ITO in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	84.1%	93.0%	84.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	81.2%	91.4%	82.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.2%	1.0%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.0 min	4.0 min	7.5 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	17	18	17,168
Scheduled departures	516	512	6,609	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	376	73%	78.5%	8.0 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	140	27%	88.6%	0.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	492	80.9%	6.0 min	0.2%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	24	87.5%	4.3 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	38.2%	1,244
Late-arriving aircraft	62.3%	37.2%	2,401
National Aviation System	0.8%	18.5%	31
Extreme weather	4.7%	6.0%	180
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,856 delay minutes on 96 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 2026?

84.1% of 516 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 93.0% of 512 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 84.1% and 0.2% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.