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Route Reliability

Honolulu → Washington

HNLIAD · 4,816 miles · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
3.7%
Cancelled
136
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 136 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HNL–IAD flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Thursdays and just 73% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.7% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(16 flights)
  • Tue88%(16 flights)
  • Wed(4 flights)
  • Thu94%(17 flights)
  • Fri88%(16 flights)
  • Sat80%(46 flights)
  • Sun73%(15 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
Mar

Dec 81% → Mar 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
December 202581%16
January 202692%25
February 202676%25
March 202677%26

Based on 136 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.