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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Kailua-Kona

SFOKOA · 2,368 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min early
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,009
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines90%203 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines87%806 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SFO–KOA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 74% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday is the weak spot.

SFO–KOA flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays. On Wednesdays: 82%.

Alaska Airlines has a slight edge here.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 90% of the time on this route; United Airlines managed 87%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,009 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

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
  • Mon88%(122 flights)
  • Tue89%(142 flights)
  • Wed82%(103 flights)
  • Thu86%(153 flights)
  • Fri86%(125 flights)
  • Sat89%(187 flights)
  • Sun89%(170 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(286 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(427 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(251 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(38 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 92% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202592%75
July 202578%83
August 202580%83
September 202587%77
October 202580%65
November 202594%62
December 202587%91
January 202693%89
February 202685%79
March 202687%97
April 202692%96
May 202691%105

Based on 1,009 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.