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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Honolulu

SLC–HNL · 2,994 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
858
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Hawaiian Airlines83%214 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines83%492 flights
  3. 3.Alaska Airlines59%152 flights

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 81% of the time, against 76% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SLC–HNL flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 76%.

Hawaiian Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Hawaiian Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 59%.

Ticking up lately.

SLC–HNL flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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
  • Mon77%(119 flights)
  • Tue80%(112 flights)
  • Wed83%(111 flights)
  • Thu81%(123 flights)
  • Fri76%(127 flights)
  • Sat76%(127 flights)
  • Sun79%(127 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM78%(441 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(308 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(96 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 83% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%60
July 202589%61
August 202587%61
September 202586%58
October 202586%62
November 202588%76
December 202573%89
January 202681%85
February 202654%72
March 202673%90
April 202667%72
May 202687%60

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Based on 858 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.