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

The best bet has a stop: United via SFO (12h 04m) reaches Detroit on time almost all the time, against 82% on the nonstop.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	HNL	DTW	8h 44m	83%	1.0%	290	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Detroit on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Detroit is 6 h ahead of Honolulu). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	HNL 11:16 → SFO 19:25UA 1572	2h 05m San Francisco	SFO 21:30 → DTW 05:20 +1UA 234	12h 04m	100%	99%
United Details →	HNL 19:40 → DEN 06:17UA 383	3h 18m Denver	DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:27 +1UA 1915	12h 47m	99%	94%
United Details →	HNL 16:00 → ORD 05:05UA 218	2h 15m Chicago	ORD 07:20 → DTW 09:52 +1UA 1344	11h 52m	96%	90%
Delta Details →	HNL 19:45 → SLC 05:58DL 534	3h 47m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:45 → DTW 15:14 +1DL 2236	13h 29m	99%	90%
Delta Details →	HNL 21:30 → LAX 06:00DL 658	3h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 09:45 → DTW 17:10 +1DL 494	13h 40m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	HNL 22:40 → SEA 07:35DL 440	2h 10m Seattle	SEA 09:45 → DTW 17:05 +1DL 2324	12h 25m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	HNL 16:08 → MSP 05:00DL 313	4h 00m Minneapolis	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43 +1DL 1433	13h 35m	98%	86%
American Details →	HNL 21:00 → PHX 06:00AA 692	3h 56m Phoenix	PHX 09:56 → DTW 16:56 +1AA 1790	13h 55m	98%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	HNL 12:50 → SEA 21:34AS 822	48m Seattle	SEA 22:22 → DTW 05:41 +1AS 343	10h 51m	35%	30%

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 15m · leaves 21:30 4%

DFW · 1h 10m · leaves 17:39 7%

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 19:50 8%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 20m · leaves 12:30 9%

SEA · 48m · leaves 12:50 65%

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.


United UA 1169 HNL 21:40 → LAX Delta DL 494 LAX 09:45 → DTW Connection details →	3h 42m	13h 30m	99%	89%
United UA 218 HNL 16:00 → ORD American AA 4103 ORD 07:30 → DTW Connection details →	2h 25m	12h 04m	96%	87%
Southwest WN 4082 HNL 20:50 → LAX Delta DL 733 LAX 07:15 → DTW Connection details →	2h 00m	11h 50m	100%	87%

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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