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Route Reliability

Honolulu → San Diego

HNL–SAN · 2,614 miles · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to San Diego International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,754
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines86%729 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines76%476 flights
  3. 3.Hawaiian Airlines73%549 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HNL–SAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 73% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

HNL–SAN flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 75%.

Southwest Airlines runs this route best.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Hawaiian Airlines managed 73%.

Ticking up lately.

HNL–SAN flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(247 flights)
  • Tue84%(235 flights)
  • Wed82%(242 flights)
  • Thu81%(251 flights)
  • Fri75%(256 flights)
  • Sat79%(247 flights)
  • Sun76%(254 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(680 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(6 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(632 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(414 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 83% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%135
July 202586%145
August 202588%147
September 202591%138
October 202581%141
November 202566%131
December 202560%151
January 202677%153
February 202689%139
March 202660%155
April 202688%147
May 202685%150

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Based on 1,754 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.