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Route Reliability

Honolulu → Oakland

HNLOAK · 2,409 miles · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to Oakland International Airport

91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
730
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines89%365 flights
  2. 2.Hawaiian Airlines80%214 flights
  3. 3.Alaska Airlines75%151 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HNL–OAK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 70% between 12–3 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

HNL–OAK flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 78%.

Southwest Airlines runs this route best.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 89% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 75%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 730 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

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
  • Mon85%(104 flights)
  • Tue86%(104 flights)
  • Wed88%(104 flights)
  • Thu78%(103 flights)
  • Fri78%(104 flights)
  • Sat83%(104 flights)
  • Sun87%(106 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(15 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(507 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(207 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 88% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%60
July 202592%62
August 202590%62
September 202592%60
October 202587%62
November 202577%60
December 202571%62
January 202681%62
February 202688%56
March 202673%62
April 202682%60
May 202680%61

Based on 730 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.