On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole in November 2024

91.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,285 domestic departures from Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (KOA). 91.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so KOA departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,382 departures with 90.3% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at KOA that month were on time 90.9% 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%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 11%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023KOA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time91.7%90.3%85.7%85.2%
Arrived on time90.4%89.4%84.7%84.8%
Cancelled0.5%0.6%1.1%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)6.2 min4.8 min8.7 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day43464419,180
Scheduled departures1,2851,38216,052575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines63649%91.8%-1.3 min0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines26721%94.0%-6.4 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines15812%82.9%-3.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1048%84.6%-5.0 min2.9%
AA American Airlines605%93.3%24.8 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines605%86.7%-10.4 min1.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
KOA–HNLKona to Honolulu65092.3%-2.2 min0.2%
KOA–LAXKona to Los Angeles12285.2%5.7 min1.6%
KOA–OGGKona to Kahului12095.8%-4.2 min0.0%
KOA–SEAKona to Seattle9891.8%-13.4 min0.0%
KOA–SFOKona to San Francisco4281.0%6.6 min2.4%
KOA–DENKona to Denver3083.3%-12.4 min6.7%
KOA–LASKona to Las Vegas3093.3%-7.7 min0.0%
KOA–LIHKona to Lihue30100.0%-4.9 min0.0%
KOA–OAKKona to Oakland3080.0%1.3 min0.0%
KOA–PDXKona to Portland3073.3%4.2 min0.0%
KOA–PHXKona to Phoenix3096.7%9.5 min0.0%
KOA–SANKona to San Diego2986.2%-0.7 min0.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier33.9%36.9%2,366
Late-arriving aircraft55.3%35.6%3,864
National Aviation System10.8%21.9%755
Extreme weather0.0%5.4%0
Security0.0%0.2%0
6,985 delay minutes on 115 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left KOA on time in November 2024?

91.7% of 1,285 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 90.3% of 1,382 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 91.7% and 0.5% in November 2024.

Provenance

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