HNL to DFW flight delays
Honolulu, HI (HNL) Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) · 3,784 miles
640 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
78.01%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.88%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
112 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 31 points more punctual than in March — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
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 112 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. DFW to HNL arrives on time 10.8 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on HNL to DFW. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in March.
Every airline on HNL to DFW
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 | 640 | 78.01% | 1.88% | 112 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
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Common questions
Are flights from Honolulu to Dallas/Fort Worth usually delayed?
78.01% of flights on the HNL to DFW 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 Honolulu to Dallas/Fort Worth?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 640 flights and 78.01% arriving on time.
How often are HNL to DFW flights cancelled?
1.88% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 19 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Honolulu to Dallas/Fort Worth?
April, when 91.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 60.5%.
When HNL to DFW flights are late, how late are they?
About 112 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 HNL to DFW 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 →