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 83% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HNL	OAK	5h 15m	89%	0.0%	365	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	OAK	5h 10m	76%	0.0%	211	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	OAK	5h 14m	77%	0.0%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Oakland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Oakland is 3 h ahead of Honolulu). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	HNL 17:20 → LIH 18:05WN 2349	3h 05m Lihue	LIH 21:10 → OAK 05:20 +1WN 2523	9h 00m	100%	97%
Southwest Details →	HNL 05:50 → OGG 06:40WN 1927	3h 20m Kahului	OGG 10:00 → OAK 17:55WN 3089	9h 05m	100%	97%
Alaska Details →	HNL 21:39 → PDX 06:11AS 880	3h 18m Portland	PDX 09:29 → OAK 11:21 +1AS 3055 · flown by SkyWest	10h 42m	100%	96%
Alaska Details →	HNL 07:45 → PDX 16:17AS 840	1h 16m Portland	PDX 17:33 → OAK 19:23AS 2082 · flown by Horizon	8h 38m	97%	95%
Southwest Details →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	1h 50m Las Vegas	LAS 07:35 → OAK 09:10 +1WN 5052	9h 15m	100%	92%
Southwest Details →	HNL 21:00 → PHX 05:55WN 2277	3h 45m Phoenix	PHX 09:40 → OAK 11:35 +1WN 2680	11h 35m	100%	92%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 21:25 → SAN 05:50WN 512	2h 24m San Diego	SAN 08:14 → OAK 09:57 +1AS 3320 · flown by SkyWest	9h 32m	97%	87%
Southwest Details →	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15WN 4082	3h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 09:00 → OAK 10:20 +1WN 3014	10h 30m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	HNL 11:26 → LIH 12:09AS 1063	57m Lihue	LIH 13:06 → OAK 21:16AS 968	6h 50m	75%	58%
Alaska Details →	HNL 11:24 → OGG 12:07AS 1086	55m Kahului	OGG 13:02 → OAK 21:00AS 924	6h 36m	66%	50%
Alaska Details →	HNL 07:30 → SAN 16:01AS 892	54m San Diego	SAN 16:55 → OAK 18:33AS 2190 · flown by Horizon	8h 03m	68%	32%

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

OGG · 1h 10m · leaves 08:05 2%

SEA · 1h 13m · leaves 21:20 20%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 11:55 5%

SAN · 54m · leaves 07:30 32%

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