Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole in February 2024

83.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,285 domestic departures from Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (KOA). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so KOA departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at KOA that month were on time 75.8% of the time (1,285 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 21%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from KOA in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	KOA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	83.9%	—	85.7%	84.0%
Arrived on time	84.4%	—	84.7%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	—	8.7 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	—	44	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,285	—	16,052	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	616	48%	80.8%	9.7 min	1.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	261	20%	90.8%	-2.8 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	166	13%	77.1%	5.1 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	126	10%	88.1%	-5.6 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	58	5%	94.8%	-30.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	58	5%	94.8%	-24.7 min	5.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KOA–HNL	Kona to Honolulu	645	81.2%	7.6 min	1.7%
KOA–LAX	Kona to Los Angeles	118	91.5%	-15.8 min	1.7%
KOA–OGG	Kona to Kahului	116	87.9%	11.9 min	0.0%
KOA–SEA	Kona to Seattle	104	76.9%	0.8 min	2.9%
KOA–SFO	Kona to San Francisco	62	87.1%	-4.3 min	1.6%
KOA–ANC	Kona to Anchorage	29	82.8%	-3.7 min	0.0%
KOA–DEN	Kona to Denver	29	96.6%	-32.9 min	0.0%
KOA–LAS	Kona to Las Vegas	29	93.1%	-9.1 min	0.0%
KOA–LIH	Kona to Lihue	29	93.1%	14.8 min	0.0%
KOA–OAK	Kona to Oakland	29	96.6%	-21.1 min	0.0%
KOA–PDX	Kona to Portland	29	82.8%	3.6 min	0.0%
KOA–PHX	Kona to Phoenix	29	96.6%	-26.4 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.2%	35.9%	2,855
Late-arriving aircraft	55.1%	36.9%	7,423
National Aviation System	22.6%	21.7%	3,042
Extreme weather	1.1%	5.3%	153
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

13,473 delay minutes on 180 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 February 2024?

83.9% of 1,285 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.