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	LGB	5h 25m	86%	0.3%	365	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	LGB	5h 21m	82%	0.0%	212	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	LGB	5h 25m	78%	0.7%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	HNL 21:30 → OAK 05:35WN 1928	1h 55m Oakland	OAK 07:30 → LGB 08:55 +1WN 264	8h 25m	100%	92%
Southwest Details →	HNL 21:00 → PHX 05:55WN 2277	2h 40m Phoenix	PHX 08:35 → LGB 09:55 +1WN 165	9h 55m	100%	92%
Alaska Details →	HNL 08:50 → OGG 09:31AS 1056	2h 40m Kahului	OGG 12:11 → LGB 20:16AS 972	8h 26m	100%	89%
Southwest Details →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	2h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 07:55 → LGB 09:05 +1WN 276	9h 10m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	HNL 08:15 → SJC 16:20WN 1940	3h 30m San Jose	SJC 19:50 → LGB 21:10WN 4907	9h 50m	100%	79%
Southwest Details →	HNL 08:00 → LAS 16:50WN 1913	3h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 20:00 → LGB 21:10WN 2031	10h 10m	100%	68%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	HNL 11:00 → SJC 19:00WN 4994	50m San Jose	SJC 19:50 → LGB 21:10WN 4907	7h 05m	69%	54%

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 19m · leaves 10:10 6%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 1h 15m · leaves 08:00 0%

SJC · 50m · leaves 11:00 31%

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 808 HNL 23:20 → LAS Southwest WN 2260 LAS 11:35 → LGB Connection details →	3h 32m	10h 25m	97%	91%
American AA 692 HNL 21:00 → PHX Southwest WN 165 PHX 08:35 → LGB Connection details →	2h 35m	9h 55m	96%	88%
Southwest WN 574 HNL 08:05 → OGG Alaska AS 972 OGG 12:11 → LGB Connection details →	3h 21m	9h 11m	100%	88%

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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