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Route Reliability

Honolulu → New York

HNLJFK · 4,983 miles · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
659
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines93%297 flights
  2. 2.Hawaiian Airlines80%214 flights
  3. 3.Alaska Airlines70%148 flights

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 83% and 84% across the day.

Friday is doing you no favors.

HNL–JFK flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 79%.

Delta Air Lines has a clear lead on this route.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 93% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 70%.

Ticking up lately.

HNL–JFK flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(96 flights)
  • Tue82%(74 flights)
  • Wed85%(84 flights)
  • Thu88%(96 flights)
  • Fri79%(103 flights)
  • Sat91%(95 flights)
  • Sun79%(102 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM84%(32 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(614 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(4 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 93% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202593%60
July 202585%61
August 202590%62
September 202584%50
October 202588%48
November 202585%47
December 202572%54
January 202680%46
February 202676%46
March 202670%54
April 202693%60
May 202681%62

Based on 659 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.