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Route Reliability

Honolulu → Detroit

HNL–DTW · 4,475 miles · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
290
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 290 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

HNL–DTW flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 82% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesday is the weak spot.

HNL–DTW flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Fridays. On Wednesdays: 79%.

Ticking up lately.

HNL–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(44 flights)
  • Tue86%(35 flights)
  • Wed79%(28 flights)
  • Thu82%(44 flights)
  • Fri86%(44 flights)
  • Sat83%(52 flights)
  • Sun80%(40 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM92%(39 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(248 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 77% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%30
July 202587%31
August 202587%30
September 202594%17
October 2025100%13
November 202592%13
December 202581%21
January 202665%23
February 202680%20
March 202686%29
April 202669%29
May 202690%31

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Based on 290 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.