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Route Reliability

Seattle → Honolulu

SEAHNL · 2,677 miles · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
2,941
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines80%789 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines62%1,305 flights
  3. 3.Hawaiian Airlines58%847 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SEA–HNL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 53% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SEA–HNL flights arrived on time 69% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 57%.

Delta Air Lines has a clear lead on this route.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Hawaiian Airlines managed 58%.

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%(411 flights)
  • Tue67%(403 flights)
  • Wed69%(400 flights)
  • Thu67%(424 flights)
  • Fri57%(416 flights)
  • Sat68%(421 flights)
  • Sun66%(424 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM76%(812 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM61%(647 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(261 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(774 flights)
  • 6–9 PM53%(405 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 61% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%239
July 202552%242
August 202560%247
September 202577%239
October 202578%245
November 202566%227
December 202561%249
January 202672%247
February 202662%225
March 202652%256
April 202677%238
May 202672%245

Based on 2,941 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.