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

No clear winner: United’s HNL → IAH flights land within a few points of 83% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	HNL	IAH	7h 42m	83%	0.3%	365	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Houston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Houston is 5 h ahead of Honolulu). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15WN 4082	1h 50m Los Angeles	LAX 07:05 → IAH 12:34 +1UA 1397	10h 44m	100%	94%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 12:55 → LAX 21:20WN 1916	3h 31m Los Angeles	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12 +1UA 491	12h 17m	100%	92%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	2h 15m Las Vegas	LAS 08:00 → IAH 13:07 +1UA 1181	11h 12m	100%	90%
United Details →	HNL 21:40 → LAX 06:03UA 1169	2h 07m Los Angeles	LAX 08:10 → IAH 13:40 +1UA 1416	11h 00m	98%	89%
United Details →	HNL 23:01 → SFO 07:05UA 1176	1h 50m San Francisco	SFO 08:55 → IAH 15:07 +1UA 2498	11h 06m	100%	88%
United Details →	HNL 19:40 → DEN 06:17UA 383	1h 25m Denver	DEN 07:42 → IAH 11:15 +1UA 1720	10h 35m	96%	88%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 23:20 → SEA 08:00AS 900	3h 55m Seattle	SEA 11:55 → IAH 18:35 +1UA 2293	14h 15m	98%	88%
United Details →	HNL 22:53 → LAX 07:29UA 1251	2h 41m Los Angeles	LAX 10:10 → IAH 15:40 +1UA 277	11h 47m	100%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	HNL 15:15 → LAX 23:47UA 1636	1h 04m Los Angeles	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12 +1UA 491	9h 57m	74%	67%
Alaska Details →	HNL 21:39 → PDX 06:11AS 880	54m Portland	PDX 07:05 → IAH 13:35 +1AS 1420	10h 56m	60%	50%
United Details →	HNL 15:50 → SFO 23:59UA 1947	46m San Francisco	SFO 00:45 → IAH 06:34 +1UA 604	9h 44m	54%	45%

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

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 17:39 6%

LAX · 1h 02m · leaves 21:40 8%

ATL · 1h 17m · leaves 15:23 9%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 04m · leaves 15:15 26%

SFO · 46m · leaves 15:50 46%

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