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 1 time in 10 at 6 am and 37% of the time at 12 am.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	HNL	ORD	8h 05m	88%	0.8%	365	Flying now
American	HNL	ORD	8h 00m	78%	0.6%	175	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:00 → SMF 19:10WN 1942	4h 00m Sacramento	SMF 23:10 → ORD 05:36 +1AA 3060	13h 33m	100%	92%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 11:55 → LAS 20:45WN 1914	2h 45m Las Vegas	LAS 23:30 → ORD 05:11 +1UA 2102	12h 16m	100%	92%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	3h 55m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → ORD 15:42 +1AA 2020	13h 47m	100%	90%
United Details →	HNL 11:10 → LAX 19:47UA 1103	2h 48m Los Angeles	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51 +1UA 353	12h 41m	100%	90%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15WN 4082	2h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 08:00 → ORD 14:27 +1AA 1598	12h 37m	100%	89%
United Details →	HNL 19:40 → DEN 06:17UA 383	1h 23m Denver	DEN 07:40 → ORD 11:23 +1UA 1928	10h 43m	96%	88%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 17:39 → DFW 06:00AA 6	3h 45m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26 +1UA 1114	13h 47m	98%	88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 12:55 → LAX 21:20WN 1916	2h 10m Los Angeles	LAX 23:30 → ORD 05:46 +1UA 1962	11h 51m	98%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	HNL 22:53 → LAX 07:29UA 1251	46m Los Angeles	LAX 08:15 → ORD 14:35 +1UA 1946	10h 42m	74%	62%
American Details →	HNL 23:40 → LAX 08:10AA 2888	1h 21m Los Angeles	LAX 09:31 → ORD 15:59 +1AA 2608	11h 20m	73%	53%
Alaska Details →	HNL 21:39 → PDX 06:11AS 880	49m Portland	PDX 07:00 → ORD 13:13 +1AS 324	10h 34m	46%	34%

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

SFO · 1h 10m · leaves 23:01 5%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 17:39 6%

LAX · 57m · leaves 21:40 9%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 12m · leaves 13:00 12%

SFO · 51m · leaves 15:50 37%

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