Tue, Oct 6 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 7% of the time at 6 am and 31% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	HNL	JFK	9h 37m	92%	2.7%	297	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	JFK	9h 46m	73%	1.4%	209	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	JFK	9h 45m	78%	0.0%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (New York is 6 h ahead of Honolulu). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	HNL 15:23 → ATL 06:13DL 309	3h 27m Atlanta	ATL 09:40 → JFK 12:00 +1DL 1034	14h 33m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	HNL 12:30 → LAX 21:00DL 427	2h 55m Los Angeles	LAX 23:55 → JFK 08:30 +1DL 915	14h 00m	98%	82%
American Details →	HNL 20:30 → LAX 05:02AA 144	1h 58m Los Angeles	LAX 07:00 → JFK 15:39 +1AA 2	13h 09m	97%	82%
American Details →	HNL 21:00 → PHX 06:00AA 692	3h 17m Phoenix	PHX 09:17 → JFK 17:29 +1AA 2689	14h 30m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	HNL 21:30 → LAX 06:00DL 658	1h 00m Los Angeles	LAX 07:00 → JFK 15:34 +1DL 979	12h 04m	93%	80%
Delta Details →	HNL 16:08 → MSP 05:00DL 313	1h 55m Minneapolis	MSP 06:55 → JFK 10:38 +1DL 2969	12h 30m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	HNL 14:45 → DTW 05:29DL 310	1h 34m Detroit	DTW 07:03 → JFK 09:00 +1DL 5216 · flown by Endeavor	12h 15m	95%	75%
American Details →	HNL 17:39 → DFW 06:00AA 6	3h 50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:50 → JFK 14:34 +1AA 1766	14h 55m	98%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	HNL 12:20 → SFO 20:28AS 812	1h 02m San Francisco	SFO 21:30 → JFK 06:20 +1AS 211	12h 00m	69%	61%
Alaska Details →	HNL 21:20 → SEA 05:59AS 122	1h 01m Seattle	SEA 07:00 → JFK 15:29 +1AS 26	12h 09m	72%	57%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

LAX · 1h 00m · leaves 21:30 7%

PHX · 1h 00m · leaves 21:00 10%

SEA · 1h 01m · leaves 21:20 28%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 02m · leaves 12:20 31%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Southwest WN 1914 HNL 11:55 → LAS American AA 2855 LAS 22:47 → JFK Connection details →	2h 02m	13h 05m	97%	93%
United UA 1572 HNL 11:16 → SFO Alaska AS 211 SFO 21:30 → JFK Connection details →	2h 05m	13h 04m	99%	89%
Alaska AS 1417 HNL 11:10 → SLC Delta DL 705 SLC 23:59 → JFK Connection details →	2h 43m	13h 13m	99%	87%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON