Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole in February 2026

83.8%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,277 domestic departures from Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole (KOA). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so KOA departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,227 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at KOA that month were on time 79.2% of the time (1,276 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from KOA in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	KOA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	83.8%	90.8%	85.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	84.3%	88.4%	84.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.3%	1.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	6.2 min	8.7 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	41	44	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,277	1,227	16,052	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	769	60%	78.9%	5.0 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	220	17%	95.5%	-8.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	128	10%	89.1%	-13.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	84	7%	91.7%	-7.4 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	76	6%	90.8%	-15.6 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KOA–HNL	Kona to Honolulu	574	81.7%	4.8 min	0.7%
KOA–LAX	Kona to Los Angeles	116	92.2%	-16.3 min	0.0%
KOA–SEA	Kona to Seattle	113	83.2%	-9.7 min	1.8%
KOA–OGG	Kona to Kahului	112	91.1%	1.0 min	0.0%
KOA–SFO	Kona to San Francisco	79	82.3%	-10.3 min	1.3%
KOA–SMF	Kona to Sacramento	40	87.5%	-3.8 min	0.0%
KOA–DEN	Kona to Denver	29	93.1%	-19.7 min	0.0%
KOA–DFW	Kona to Dallas/Fort Worth	28	89.3%	16.2 min	0.0%
KOA–LAS	Kona to Las Vegas	28	89.3%	-14.0 min	0.0%
KOA–LIH	Kona to Lihue	28	92.9%	-0.2 min	3.6%
KOA–PDX	Kona to Portland	28	89.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%
KOA–PHX	Kona to Phoenix	28	89.3%	-17.7 min	3.6%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.3%	38.2%	2,885
Late-arriving aircraft	54.9%	37.2%	5,060
National Aviation System	9.4%	18.5%	865
Extreme weather	3.9%	6.0%	364
Security	0.5%	0.2%	47

9,221 delay minutes on 188 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 2026?

83.8% of 1,277 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 90.8% of 1,227 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.8% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.