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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 7 am and 30% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United HNL IAD 8h 55m 82% 4.2% 168 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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

UnitedDetails → HNL 11:10 → LAX 19:47UA 1103 1h 43m Los Angeles LAX 21:30 → IAD 05:36 +1UA 2632 12h 26m 100% 93%
UnitedDetails → HNL 16:00 → ORD 05:05UA 218 1h 25m Chicago ORD 06:30 → IAD 09:24 +1UA 1689 11h 24m 94% 92%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → HNL 11:10 → SLC 21:16AS 1417 2h 43m Salt Lake City SLC 23:59 → IAD 06:13 +1UA 726 13h 03m 99% 92%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → HNL 21:00 → PHX 05:55WN 2277 2h 55m Phoenix PHX 08:50 → IAD 16:17 +1UA 1873 13h 17m 100% 91%
UnitedDetails → HNL 19:40 → DEN 06:17UA 383 1h 43m Denver DEN 08:00 → IAD 13:26 +1UA 1101 11h 46m 97% 90%
UnitedDetails → HNL 22:53 → LAX 07:29UA 1251 3h 10m Los Angeles LAX 10:39 → IAD 18:48 +1UA 2667 13h 55m 100% 89%
DeltaDetails → HNL 14:45 → DTW 05:29DL 310 3h 21m Detroit DTW 08:50 → IAD 10:23 +1DL 2884 13h 40m 99% 88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915 3h 03m Las Vegas LAS 08:48 → IAD 16:24 +1UA 1140 13h 29m 100% 87%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → HNL 22:53 → LAX 07:29UA 1251 46m Los Angeles LAX 08:15 → IAD 16:26 +1UA 2268 11h 33m 74% 61%
AlaskaDetails → HNL 12:50 → SEA 21:34AS 822 1h 09m Seattle SEA 22:43 → IAD 06:39 +1AS 367 11h 49m 70% 58%

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.

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