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, any airlines

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.


Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:55 → LAS 20:45WN 1914	2h 02m Las Vegas	LAS 22:47 → JFK 07:00 +1AA 2855	13h 05m	97%	93%
United + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:16 → SFO 19:25UA 1572	2h 05m San Francisco	SFO 21:30 → JFK 06:20 +1AS 211	13h 04m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	HNL 15:23 → ATL 06:13DL 309	3h 27m Atlanta	ATL 09:40 → JFK 12:00 +1DL 1034	14h 33m	98%	87%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:10 → SLC 21:16AS 1417	2h 43m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:59 → JFK 06:23 +1DL 705	13h 13m	99%	87%
Southwest + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 08:10 → SAN 16:35WN 1938	3h 55m San Diego	SAN 20:30 → JFK 05:04 +1B6 1190	14h 54m	100%	84%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 21:00 → PHX 05:55WN 2277	3h 22m Phoenix	PHX 09:17 → JFK 17:29 +1AA 2689	14h 30m	100%	84%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15WN 4082	1h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 07:00 → JFK 15:34 +1DL 979	12h 44m	97%	84%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	3h 50m Las Vegas	LAS 09:35 → JFK 17:59 +1DL 333	15h 02m	100%	84%
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.

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