HNL to LGB flight delays
Honolulu, HI (HNL) Long Beach, CA (LGB) · 2,569 miles
730 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.37%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.27%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
37 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Southwest Airlines arrived on time 9.1 points more often than Hawaiian 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.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 32.1 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 two directions do not behave alike. LGB to HNL arrives on time 6.7 points more 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.
Flights from Honolulu to Long Beach keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on HNL to LGB. Hawaiian Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on HNL to LGB
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 365 | 85.64% | 0.27% | 33 min | B |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 184 | 76.5% | 0.54% | 37 min | C |
| Alaska Airlines | 181 | 81.77% | 0% | 43 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LGB to HNL Long Beach back to Honolulu 89.03% on time AOther routes from Honolulu
Common questions
Are flights from Honolulu to Long Beach usually delayed?
82.37% of flights on the HNL to LGB route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Honolulu to Long Beach?
Southwest Airlines, at 85.64% on time across 365 flights. The least punctual on the route was Hawaiian Airlines at 76.5%.
How often are HNL to LGB flights cancelled?
0.27% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Honolulu to Long Beach?
September, when 95% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 62.9%.
When HNL to LGB flights are late, how late are they?
About 37 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 LGB 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 →