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Route Reliability

Chicago → Honolulu

ORD–HNL · 4,243 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
540
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines78%365 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines63%175 flights

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–HNL flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 63%.

Best historical flights

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

Top flights by on-time rate

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(77 flights)
  • Tue82%(77 flights)
  • Wed75%(77 flights)
  • Thu82%(77 flights)
  • Fri65%(75 flights)
  • Sat71%(76 flights)
  • Sun62%(78 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 87% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%30
July 202580%30
August 202571%31
September 202573%30
October 202581%37
November 202585%60
December 202569%62
January 202672%61
February 202661%56
March 202672%61
April 202650%48
May 202687%31

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Based on 540 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.