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 5% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 5 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	HNL	ATL	8h 50m	80%	0.8%	383	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:00 → SMF 19:10WN 1942	2h 50m Sacramento	SMF 22:00 → ATL 05:32 +1DL 878	12h 32m	100%	92%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:00 → SJC 19:00WN 4994	3h 00m San Jose	SJC 22:00 → ATL 05:34 +1DL 2136	12h 34m	100%	90%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	2h 30m Las Vegas	LAS 08:15 → ATL 15:17 +1DL 927	12h 22m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	HNL 16:08 → MSP 05:00DL 313	3h 28m Minneapolis	MSP 08:28 → ATL 11:54 +1DL 1052	13h 46m	97%	86%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 23:20 → LAS 08:03AS 808	3h 38m Las Vegas	LAS 11:41 → ATL 18:47 +1DL 748	13h 27m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	HNL 14:45 → DTW 05:29DL 310	3h 56m Detroit	DTW 09:25 → ATL 11:25 +1DL 2777	14h 40m	100%	85%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:10 → SLC 21:16AS 1417	2h 19m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15 +1DL 912	12h 05m	98%	85%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 22:53 → LAX 07:29UA 1251	3h 36m Los Angeles	LAX 11:05 → ATL 18:32 +1DL 528	13h 39m	100%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	HNL 14:45 → DTW 05:29DL 310	48m Detroit	DTW 06:17 → ATL 08:12 +1DL 1611	11h 27m	68%	59%

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

PDX · 1h 19m · leaves 21:39 4%

SEA · 1h 05m · leaves 22:40 5%

JFK · 1h 13m · leaves 15:50 6%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 05m · leaves 07:00 5%

SEA · 53m · leaves 13:01 19%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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