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Route Reliability

San Diego → Honolulu

SANHNL · 2,614 miles · San Diego International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,756
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines83%728 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines70%477 flights
  3. 3.Hawaiian Airlines60%551 flights

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

SAN–HNL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 56% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

SAN–HNL flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 66%.

Southwest Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Hawaiian Airlines managed 60%.

Ticking up lately.

SAN–HNL flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon66%(248 flights)
  • Tue76%(230 flights)
  • Wed77%(230 flights)
  • Thu71%(251 flights)
  • Fri68%(248 flights)
  • Sat77%(247 flights)
  • Sun70%(255 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM77%(579 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM56%(141 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(278 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(609 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(102 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 60% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%134
July 202560%144
August 202574%145
September 202576%140
October 202574%141
November 202576%129
December 202569%147
January 202679%149
February 202670%139
March 202676%147
April 202671%145
May 202681%149

Based on 1,756 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.