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 7 am and 30% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	HNL	IAD	8h 55m	82%	4.2%	168	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	HNL 11:10 → LAX 19:47UA 1103	1h 43m Los Angeles	LAX 21:30 → IAD 05:36 +1UA 2632	12h 26m	100%	93%
United Details →	HNL 16:00 → ORD 05:05UA 218	1h 25m Chicago	ORD 06:30 → IAD 09:24 +1UA 1689	11h 24m	94%	92%
United Details →	HNL 19:40 → DEN 06:17UA 383	1h 43m Denver	DEN 08:00 → IAD 13:26 +1UA 1101	11h 46m	97%	90%
United Details →	HNL 22:53 → LAX 07:29UA 1251	3h 10m Los Angeles	LAX 10:39 → IAD 18:48 +1UA 2667	13h 55m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	HNL 14:45 → DTW 05:29DL 310	3h 21m Detroit	DTW 08:50 → IAD 10:23 +1DL 2884	13h 40m	99%	88%
United Details →	HNL 07:00 → LAX 15:32UA 1221	1h 17m Los Angeles	LAX 16:49 → IAD 00:55 +1UA 1573	11h 55m	95%	87%
United Details →	HNL 13:00 → LAX 21:23UA 1157	2h 07m Los Angeles	LAX 23:30 → IAD 07:33 +1UA 2282	12h 33m	95%	83%
Delta Details →	HNL 16:08 → MSP 05:00DL 313	2h 17m Minneapolis	MSP 07:17 → IAD 10:52 +1DL 3699 · flown by SkyWest	12h 44m	95%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	HNL 22:53 → LAX 07:29UA 1251	46m Los Angeles	LAX 08:15 → IAD 16:26 +1UA 2268	11h 33m	74%	61%
Alaska Details →	HNL 12:50 → SEA 21:34AS 822	1h 09m Seattle	SEA 22:43 → IAD 06:39 +1AS 367	11h 49m	70%	58%

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 05m · leaves 23:01 7%

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 17:39 9%

SEA · 1h 13m · leaves 23:20 15%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 18m · leaves 13:00 11%

SFO · 1h 12m · leaves 13:25 23%

SEA · 1h 09m · leaves 12:50 30%

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.


Alaska AS 1417 HNL 11:10 → SLC United UA 726 SLC 23:59 → IAD Connection details →	2h 43m	13h 03m	99%	92%
Southwest WN 2277 HNL 21:00 → PHX United UA 1873 PHX 08:50 → IAD Connection details →	2h 55m	13h 17m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 1915 HNL 20:55 → LAS United UA 1140 LAS 08:48 → IAD Connection details →	3h 03m	13h 29m	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