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 90-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 9 am and 15% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HNL	SJC	5h 10m	90%	0.0%	446	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	SJC	5h 15m	75%	0.0%	212	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	SJC	5h 16m	77%	0.0%	151	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	1h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 07:10 → SJC 08:40 +1WN 1160	8h 45m	100%	100%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15WN 4082	2h 40m Los Angeles	LAX 07:55 → SJC 09:10 +1DL 4451 · flown by SkyWest	9h 20m	100%	100%
Southwest Details →	HNL 21:00 → PHX 05:55WN 2277	3h 45m Phoenix	PHX 09:40 → SJC 11:35 +1WN 3336	11h 35m	100%	96%
Southwest Details →	HNL 21:25 → SAN 05:50WN 512	3h 40m San Diego	SAN 09:30 → SJC 11:00 +1WN 4509	10h 35m	98%	91%
Southwest Details →	HNL 09:50 → OGG 10:40WN 1851	1h 55m Kahului	OGG 12:35 → SJC 20:25WN 3104	7h 35m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	HNL 19:45 → SLC 05:58DL 534	1h 57m Salt Lake City	SLC 07:55 → SJC 09:02 +1DL 4026 · flown by SkyWest	10h 17m	95%	90%
Delta Details →	HNL 21:30 → LAX 06:00DL 658	3h 22m Los Angeles	LAX 09:22 → SJC 10:43 +1DL 2965	10h 13m	99%	88%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	HNL 20:30 → LAX 05:02AA 144	3h 58m Los Angeles	LAX 09:00 → SJC 10:15 +1WN 2431	10h 45m	99%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	HNL 10:10 → SEA 18:59AS 839	1h 26m Seattle	SEA 20:25 → SJC 22:40AS 1310	9h 30m	66%	52%

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 15m · leaves 10:10 6%

SAN · 1h 16m · leaves 21:55 8%

SEA · 50m · leaves 22:40 12%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 11:55 5%

SAN · 1h 17m · leaves 12:39 15%

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