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Route Reliability

Portland → Honolulu

PDX–HNL · 2,603 miles · Portland International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
63%
Arrive within 15 minutes
22 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
917
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines69%388 flights
  2. 2.Hawaiian Airlines59%529 flights

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

PDX–HNL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 57% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Tuesdays have been rough.

PDX–HNL flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Sundays and just 55% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Alaska Airlines runs this route best.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 69% of the time on this route; Hawaiian Airlines managed 59%.

Trending in the right direction.

PDX–HNL flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% 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
  • Mon61%(113 flights)
  • Tue55%(114 flights)
  • Wed56%(114 flights)
  • Thu62%(151 flights)
  • Fri58%(152 flights)
  • Sat73%(150 flights)
  • Sun76%(111 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM69%(341 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM57%(341 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(222 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 54% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%76
July 202565%89
August 202568%84
September 202555%71
October 202544%72
November 202559%69
December 202566%73
January 202663%78
February 202661%69
March 202667%73
April 202685%73
May 202667%78

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Based on 917 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.