Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole in October 2024

89.6%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,365 domestic departures from Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (KOA). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so KOA departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,456 departures with 85.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at KOA that month were on time 87.4% of the time (1,367 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 89.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	KOA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.6%	85.6%	85.7%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.2%	83.1%	84.7%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.7%	1.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.8 min	9.0 min	8.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	49	44	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,365	1,456	16,052	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	654	48%	88.8%	1.1 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	279	20%	95.7%	-7.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	184	13%	79.9%	6.8 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	124	9%	92.7%	-12.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	5%	88.7%	-9.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	83.9%	-0.3 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KOA–HNL	Kona to Honolulu	672	89.9%	-0.3 min	1.0%
KOA–LAX	Kona to Los Angeles	124	85.5%	2.3 min	0.8%
KOA–OGG	Kona to Kahului	124	93.5%	-1.6 min	0.0%
KOA–SEA	Kona to Seattle	123	81.3%	-1.7 min	0.8%
KOA–SFO	Kona to San Francisco	62	91.9%	-12.0 min	0.0%
KOA–DEN	Kona to Denver	31	96.8%	-14.5 min	0.0%
KOA–LAS	Kona to Las Vegas	31	90.3%	-9.5 min	0.0%
KOA–LIH	Kona to Lihue	31	96.8%	0.5 min	0.0%
KOA–OAK	Kona to Oakland	31	96.8%	-14.5 min	0.0%
KOA–PDX	Kona to Portland	31	71.0%	16.3 min	0.0%
KOA–PHX	Kona to Phoenix	31	100.0%	-23.2 min	0.0%
KOA–SAN	Kona to San Diego	31	77.4%	5.9 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.1%	42.7%	2,780
Late-arriving aircraft	53.2%	37.4%	4,336
National Aviation System	12.4%	16.3%	1,012
Extreme weather	0.2%	3.4%	15
Security	0.1%	0.2%	5

8,148 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 October 2024?

89.6% of 1,365 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.6% of 1,456 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 89.6% and 0.7% in October 2024.

Provenance

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