Flight Reliability
DL 650 · Delta Air Lines
Honolulu → New York (HNL–JFK)
93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 93%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 14 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.3%
- Cancelled
- 18 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 297 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DL 650 arrived on time 100% of the time on Tuesdays and just 82% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Better than the HNL–JFK route average.
DL 650 arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 84% across the HNL–JFK route.
Better than the Delta Air Lines network average.
DL 650 arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 81% across the Delta Air Lines network.
The breakdown
- Mon91%(44 flights)
- Tue100%(25 flights)
- Wed91%(32 flights)
- Thu98%(44 flights)
- Fri94%(51 flights)
- Sat98%(44 flights)
- Sun82%(51 flights)
- 3–6 PM93%(287 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
94%
May
Jun 97% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 100% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 95% | 20 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 17 |
| November 2025 | 88% | 17 |
| December 2025 | 78% | 23 |
| January 2026 | 95% | 20 |
| February 2026 | 95% | 19 |
| March 2026 | 83% | 23 |
| April 2026 | 97% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 88%
- Diverted
- 0.7%
- Flights flown
- 291
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 297 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.