HNL to LAX flight delays
Honolulu, HI (HNL) Los Angeles, CA (LAX) · 2,556 miles
562 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
79.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
70 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. United Airlines arrived on time 19.5 points more often than Alaska Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
This is a thin route — 562 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
The Honolulu to Los Angeles route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on HNL to LAX. Alaska Airlines was late most often.
Every airline on HNL to LAX
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 | 159 | 84.91% | 0% | 56 min | B |
| Alaska Airlines | 133 | 65.41% | 0% | 40 min | D |
| American Airlines | 120 | 78.33% | 0% | 153 min | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 90 | 90% | 0% | 68 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 60 | 81.67% | 0% | 31 min | — |
The return leg
LAX to HNL Los Angeles back to Honolulu 75.76% on time COther routes from Honolulu
Common questions
Are flights from Honolulu to Los Angeles usually delayed?
79.36% of flights on the HNL to LAX 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 airline is most on time from Honolulu to Los Angeles?
United Airlines, at 84.91% on time across 159 flights. The least punctual on the route was Alaska Airlines at 65.41%.
How often are HNL to LAX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When HNL to LAX flights are late, how late are they?
About 70 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 LAX during March 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 →