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Airport month · May 2024
Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,323 domestic departures from Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (KOA). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so KOA departures were 11.6 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at KOA that month were on time 81.0% of the time (1,322 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 10%.
- On time 82.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | KOA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.0% | — | 85.7% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 82.5% | — | 84.7% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.0 min | — | 8.7 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 44 | — | 44 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,323 | — | 16,052 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 652 | 49% | 77.1% | 6.9 min | 2.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 279 | 21% | 91.4% | -5.8 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 137 | 10% | 85.4% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 131 | 10% | 81.7% | 5.4 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 5% | 87.1% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 5% | 88.7% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOA–HNL | Kona to Honolulu | 680 | 77.9% | 5.0 min | 2.1% |
| KOA–LAX | Kona to Los Angeles | 133 | 82.7% | 12.2 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–OGG | Kona to Kahului | 124 | 88.7% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–SEA | Kona to Seattle | 112 | 78.6% | 9.1 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–SFO | Kona to San Francisco | 66 | 86.4% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–DEN | Kona to Denver | 31 | 90.3% | -10.6 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–LAS | Kona to Las Vegas | 31 | 100.0% | -18.4 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–LIH | Kona to Lihue | 31 | 96.8% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–OAK | Kona to Oakland | 31 | 87.1% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–PHX | Kona to Phoenix | 31 | 96.8% | -13.4 min | 0.0% |
| KOA–SAN | Kona to San Diego | 31 | 93.5% | -15.8 min | 3.2% |
| KOA–SJC | Kona to San Jose | 15 | 93.3% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left KOA on time in May 2024?
85.0% of 1,323 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.