HNL to EWR flight delays
Honolulu, HI (HNL) Newark, NJ (EWR) · 4,962 miles
235 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
77.19%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.98%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
98 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
23 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.98% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 23.9 points more punctual than in February — 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 route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 9.1 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
This route does worse than its own airport. HNL as a whole runs 9.1 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on HNL to EWR. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in February.
Every airline on HNL to EWR
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 235 | 77.19% | 2.98% | 98 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
EWR to HNL Newark back to Honolulu 75.44% on time DOther routes from Honolulu
Common questions
Are flights from Honolulu to Newark usually delayed?
77.19% of flights on the HNL to EWR 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 Newark?
Only United Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 235 flights and 77.19% arriving on time.
How often are HNL to EWR flights cancelled?
2.98% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 30 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Honolulu to Newark?
March, when 86.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 62.5%.
When HNL to EWR flights are late, how late are they?
About 98 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 EWR during July 2024 – July 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 →