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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 7 in 10 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	JFK	HNL	10h 45m	77%	2.0%	297	Flying now
Alaska	JFK	HNL	10h 54m	61%	4.7%	214	Flying now
Hawaiian	JFK	HNL	11h 15m	66%	1.3%	155	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Alaska Details →	JFK 09:33 → ANC 13:30AS 1536	2h 30m Anchorage	ANC 16:00 → HNL 20:05AS 49	16h 32m	96%	79%
Delta Details →	JFK 06:00 → SLC 09:03DL 892	2h 42m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:45 → HNL 14:14DL 316	14h 14m	99%	78%
American Details →	JFK 09:00 → LAX 11:58AA 1	3h 57m Los Angeles	LAX 15:55 → HNL 18:41AA 143	15h 41m	97%	77%
Delta Details →	JFK 13:40 → LAX 16:38DL 747	1h 57m Los Angeles	LAX 18:35 → HNL 21:14DL 443	13h 34m	93%	77%
Delta Details →	JFK 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2286	1h 41m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → HNL 13:41DL 837	13h 41m	96%	75%
Alaska Details →	JFK 11:30 → SAN 14:27AS 35	2h 49m San Diego	SAN 17:16 → HNL 20:22AS 894	14h 52m	97%	73%
Delta Details →	JFK 07:00 → LAX 10:00DL 742	3h 55m Los Angeles	LAX 13:55 → HNL 16:45DL 465	15h 45m	98%	73%
Delta Details →	JFK 07:15 → MSP 09:26DL 2390	58m Minneapolis	MSP 10:24 → HNL 13:53DL 312	12h 38m	87%	70%

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

DTW · 1h 05m · leaves 07:15 11%

MSP · 58m · leaves 07:15 13%

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.


American AA 33 JFK 07:05 → LAX United UA 1431 LAX 13:15 → HNL Connection details →	3h 08m	14h 54m	100%	85%
Delta DL 568 JFK 19:29 → LAS Alaska AS 817 LAS 01:55 → HNL Connection details →	3h 35m	15h 47m	98%	84%
Alaska AS 227 JFK 09:30 → SFO United UA 1509 SFO 16:45 → HNL Connection details →	3h 53m	15h 55m	99%	82%

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