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 85% on time.

Nonstops


Southwest	HNL	PHX	6h 05m	93%	0.3%	365	Flying now
American	HNL	PHX	6h 00m	86%	1.2%	587	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	PHX	5h 58m	83%	0.0%	212	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	PHX	5h 55m	72%	0.0%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	HNL 17:25 → OGG 18:10WN 1933	2h 15m Kahului	OGG 20:25 → PHX 05:10 +1WN 672	8h 45m	100%	100%
United Details →	HNL 11:10 → LAX 19:47UA 1103	1h 35m Los Angeles	LAX 21:22 → PHX 22:59UA 5458 · flown by SkyWest	8h 49m	100%	93%
United Details →	HNL 21:40 → LAX 06:03UA 1169	2h 34m Los Angeles	LAX 08:37 → PHX 10:06 +1UA 659	9h 26m	98%	92%
Southwest Details →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	2h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 07:55 → PHX 09:15 +1WN 209	9h 20m	100%	91%
American Details →	HNL 20:30 → LAX 05:02AA 144	1h 17m Los Angeles	LAX 06:19 → PHX 07:51 +1AA 2027	8h 20m	93%	87%
United Details →	HNL 22:10 → SFO 06:09UA 1346	1h 55m San Francisco	SFO 08:04 → PHX 10:10 +1UA 2374	9h 00m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	HNL 19:45 → SLC 05:58DL 534	2h 07m Salt Lake City	SLC 08:05 → PHX 08:49 +1DL 1447	10h 04m	95%	86%
Delta Details →	HNL 07:00 → LAX 15:35DL 422	2h 06m Los Angeles	LAX 17:41 → PHX 19:15DL 4077 · flown by SkyWest	9h 15m	97%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	HNL 21:39 → PDX 06:11AS 880	49m Portland	PDX 07:00 → PHX 09:49 +1AS 1349	9h 10m	46%	40%
Alaska Details →	HNL 10:10 → SEA 18:59AS 839	56m Seattle	SEA 19:55 → PHX 22:53AS 632	9h 43m	23%	17%

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 17m · leaves 20:30 7%

DFW · 1h 08m · leaves 17:39 8%

SFO · 59m · leaves 23:01 9%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 10m · leaves 07:10 6%

LAX · 50m · leaves 07:00 13%

SEA · 56m · leaves 10:10 77%

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 1146 HNL 16:23 → OGG Southwest WN 672 OGG 20:25 → PHX Connection details →	3h 21m	9h 47m	100%	98%
Alaska AS 880 HNL 21:39 → PDX Southwest WN 3207 PDX 09:15 → PHX Connection details →	3h 04m	11h 11m	100%	97%
Southwest WN 4082 HNL 20:50 → LAX United UA 659 LAX 08:37 → PHX Connection details →	3h 22m	10h 16m	100%	94%

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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