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Airport month · November 2025

Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole in November 2025

86.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,247 domestic departures from Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (KOA). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so KOA departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,285 departures with 91.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.4 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at KOA that month were on time 85.2% of the time (1,246 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 13%.

Every scheduled departure from KOA in November 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024KOA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time86.3%91.7%85.7%78.1%
Arrived on time86.1%90.4%84.7%77.3%
Cancelled2.1%0.5%1.1%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.7 min6.2 min8.7 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day42434419,018
Scheduled departures1,2471,28516,052570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines57446%86.6%3.8 min1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines23319%93.6%-9.7 min2.6%
AS Alaska Airlines21017%76.2%5.0 min3.8%
UA United Airlines1069%90.6%2.4 min0.0%
AA American Airlines645%79.7%-4.1 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines605%86.7%-7.0 min1.7%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
KOA–HNLKona to Honolulu58486.8%1.7 min2.9%
KOA–OGGKona to Kahului12095.0%-3.5 min0.0%
KOA–SEAKona to Seattle11883.1%-4.4 min5.9%
KOA–LAXKona to Los Angeles11580.0%-0.4 min1.7%
KOA–SFOKona to San Francisco6283.9%14.4 min0.0%
KOA–SMFKona to Sacramento4388.4%0.0 min0.0%
KOA–DENKona to Denver3086.7%-11.1 min0.0%
KOA–LASKona to Las Vegas30100.0%-23.2 min0.0%
KOA–LIHKona to Lihue3086.7%2.9 min0.0%
KOA–PDXKona to Portland3080.0%-1.2 min0.0%
KOA–PHXKona to Phoenix3096.7%-19.5 min0.0%
KOA–SANKona to San Diego2969.0%22.9 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier44.0%30.2%3,618
Late-arriving aircraft39.7%38.3%3,265
National Aviation System12.5%26.7%1,025
Extreme weather3.7%4.6%306
Security0.0%0.1%0
8,214 delay minutes on 147 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 2025?

86.3% of 1,247 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 91.7% of 1,285 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 86.3% and 2.1% in November 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2025; 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.