Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole in November 2023

90.3%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,382 domestic departures from Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (KOA). 90.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so KOA departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at KOA that month were on time 86.3% of the time (1,383 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 89.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from KOA in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	KOA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	90.3%	—	85.7%	86.0%
Arrived on time	89.4%	—	84.7%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.8 min	—	8.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	—	44	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,382	—	16,052	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	673	49%	87.7%	2.3 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	280	20%	93.6%	-8.1 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	181	13%	80.1%	-4.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	128	9%	95.3%	-18.9 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	60	4%	100.0%	-26.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	4%	95.0%	-15.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KOA–HNL	Kona to Honolulu	700	87.4%	0.5 min	1.0%
KOA–LAX	Kona to Los Angeles	122	95.9%	-12.3 min	0.0%
KOA–OGG	Kona to Kahului	120	93.3%	0.1 min	0.0%
KOA–SEA	Kona to Seattle	120	84.2%	-8.4 min	0.0%
KOA–SFO	Kona to San Francisco	62	91.9%	-18.4 min	0.0%
KOA–SJC	Kona to San Jose	40	95.0%	-13.3 min	0.0%
KOA–LIH	Kona to Lihue	32	100.0%	-1.9 min	0.0%
KOA–DEN	Kona to Denver	30	96.7%	-28.6 min	3.3%
KOA–LAS	Kona to Las Vegas	30	96.7%	-18.1 min	0.0%
KOA–OAK	Kona to Oakland	30	96.7%	-16.7 min	0.0%
KOA–PDX	Kona to Portland	30	80.0%	-1.9 min	0.0%
KOA–PHX	Kona to Phoenix	30	100.0%	-21.6 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.6%	42.5%	1,990
Late-arriving aircraft	45.6%	37.3%	2,482
National Aviation System	14.9%	16.2%	812
Extreme weather	2.8%	3.7%	155
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,439 delay minutes on 137 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 KOA on time in November 2023?

90.3% of 1,382 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 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 November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for KOA · methodology · corrections.