PDX to HNL flight delays
Portland, OR (PDX) Honolulu, HI (HNL) · 2,603 miles
917 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
62.06%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.31%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
60 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 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 43.2 points more punctual than in October — 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.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Alaska Airlines arrived on time 6.7 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 two directions do not behave alike. HNL to PDX arrives on time 14.5 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Portland to Honolulu miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on PDX to HNL. Hawaiian Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in October.
Every airline on PDX to HNL
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 | 464 | 58.73% | 1.08% | 71 min | F |
| Alaska Airlines | 453 | 65.47% | 1.55% | 46 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HNL to PDX Honolulu back to Portland 76.57% on time COther routes from Portland
Common questions
Are flights from Portland to Honolulu usually delayed?
62.06% of flights on the PDX to HNL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Portland to Honolulu?
Alaska Airlines, at 65.47% on time across 453 flights. The least punctual on the route was Hawaiian Airlines at 58.73%.
How often are PDX to HNL flights cancelled?
1.31% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 13 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Portland to Honolulu?
April, when 84.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was October at 41.7%.
When PDX to HNL flights are late, how late are they?
About 60 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 PDX to HNL 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 →