Hilo International in July 2026

84.2%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 545 domestic departures from Hilo International (ITO). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so ITO departures were 15.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 592 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at ITO that month were on time 80.2% of the time (545 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 75%, air carrier 14% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	ITO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	84.2%	87.5%	84.5%	68.8%
Arrived on time	82.0%	85.6%	82.8%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.4%	1.9%	1.0%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	6.8 min	7.5 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	20	18	21,066
Scheduled departures	545	592	6,609	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	391	72%	77.2%	9.2 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	154	28%	94.2%	-5.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ITO–HNL	Hilo to Honolulu	518	81.9%	5.2 min	0.4%
ITO–OGG	Hilo to Kahului	27	85.2%	0.5 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	13.5%	31.7%	472
Late-arriving aircraft	75.3%	41.8%	2,643
National Aviation System	11.2%	19.9%	393
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,508 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 July 2026?

84.2% of 545 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 87.5% of 592 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.4% in July 2026.

Provenance

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