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Route Reliability

Hilo → Honolulu

ITOHNL · 216 miles · Hilo International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
6,336
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines94%1,857 flights
  2. 2.Hawaiian Airlines87%2,586 flights
  3. 3.Alaska Airlines75%1,893 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ITO–HNL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ITO–HNL flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 80%.

Southwest Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 94% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 75%.

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
  • Mon87%(923 flights)
  • Tue87%(849 flights)
  • Wed87%(875 flights)
  • Thu85%(912 flights)
  • Fri80%(911 flights)
  • Sat85%(866 flights)
  • Sun87%(933 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM96%(1555 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(1020 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(817 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(1420 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(1189 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM85%(267 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 90% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%522
July 202589%554
August 202594%532
September 202595%495
October 202590%512
November 202589%506
December 202578%540
January 202680%532
February 202683%491
March 202677%504
April 202681%543
May 202678%538

Based on 6,336 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.