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Flight Reliability

HA 51 · Hawaiian Airlines

New York → Honolulu (JFKHNL)

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
2 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 147 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Wednesdays have been rough.

HA 51 arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the JFK–HNL route.

HA 51 arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 71% across the JFK–HNL route.

A bit behind the Hawaiian Airlines network.

HA 51 arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 83% across the Hawaiian Airlines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(21 flights)
  • Tue86%(21 flights)
  • Wed67%(21 flights)
  • Thu71%(21 flights)
  • Fri76%(21 flights)
  • Sat76%(21 flights)
  • Sun85%(20 flights)
On-time trend by month
60%
Oct

Jun 77% → Oct 60% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%30
July 202584%31
August 202574%31
September 202583%29
October 202560%25
Departures on time
82%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
146
Months covered
5

Based on 147 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.