KOA to OGG flight delays
Kona, HI (KOA) Kahului, HI (OGG) · 84 miles
1,460 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
86.75%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.21%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
43 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
7 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Hawaiian Airlines arrived on time 8.6 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.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 19.2 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. OGG to KOA arrives on time 6.5 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.
Flights from Kona to Kahului 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, Hawaiian Airlines arrived on time most often on KOA to OGG. Alaska Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on KOA to OGG
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Airlines | 552 | 90% | 0.36% | 40 min | A |
| Alaska Airlines | 543 | 81.37% | 0.18% | 38 min | B |
| Southwest Airlines | 365 | 89.86% | 0% | 63 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
OGG to KOA Kahului back to Kona 80.3% on time BOther routes from Kona
Common questions
Are flights from Kona to Kahului usually delayed?
86.75% of flights on the KOA to OGG route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Kona to Kahului?
Hawaiian Airlines, at 90% on time across 552 flights. The least punctual on the route was Alaska Airlines at 81.37%.
How often are KOA to OGG flights cancelled?
0.21% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 2 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Kona to Kahului?
September, when 95% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 75.8%.
When KOA to OGG flights are late, how late are they?
About 43 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 KOA to OGG 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 →