DFW to KOA flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Kona, HI (KOA) · 3,724 miles
122 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · the publishing regulator
79.83%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.46%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
84 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 84 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from DFW overall run 8.7 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion DFW has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only American Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
At 3,724 miles this is a long-haul route, where the arithmetic of delay differs: a long flight has hours of cruise in which to make up a late departure, so departures slip more often than arrivals do.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on DFW to KOA. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in December.
Every airline on DFW to KOA
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 122 | 79.83% | 2.46% | 84 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
KOA to DFW Kona back to Dallas/Fort Worth 81.51% on time COther routes from Dallas/Fort Worth
Common questions
Are flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Kona usually delayed?
79.83% of flights on the DFW to KOA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Dallas/Fort Worth to Kona?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 122 flights and 79.83% arriving on time.
How often are DFW to KOA flights cancelled?
2.46% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 25 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When DFW to KOA flights are late, how late are they?
About 84 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DFW to KOA during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →