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 6 am and almost half the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


United	HNL	SFO	5h 06m	86%	0.6%	1,773	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	SFO	5h 11m	72%	1.4%	421	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	SFO	5h 10m	71%	3.3%	271	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15WN 4082	1h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 06:45 → SFO 08:05 +1WN 2426	8h 15m	100%	94%
Alaska Details →	HNL 06:00 → OGG 06:40AS 1016	3h 52m Kahului	OGG 10:32 → SFO 18:27AS 978	9h 27m	100%	91%
Delta Details →	HNL 21:30 → LAX 06:00DL 658	1h 00m Los Angeles	LAX 07:00 → SFO 08:23 +1DL 1421	7h 53m	93%	83%
American Details →	HNL 20:30 → LAX 05:02AA 144	1h 58m Los Angeles	LAX 07:00 → SFO 08:37 +1AA 6336 · flown by SkyWest	9h 07m	97%	80%
United Details →	HNL 07:00 → LAX 15:32UA 1221	1h 38m Los Angeles	LAX 17:10 → SFO 18:38UA 233	8h 38m	96%	79%
Alaska Details →	HNL 11:26 → LIH 12:09AS 1063	3h 34m Lihue	LIH 15:43 → SFO 23:56AS 788	9h 30m	99%	76%
Alaska Details →	HNL 20:39 → LAX 05:00AS 804	1h 00m Los Angeles	LAX 06:00 → SFO 07:22 +1AS 1625	7h 43m	79%	75%
American Details →	HNL 12:23 → LAX 20:55AA 162	1h 37m Los Angeles	LAX 22:32 → SFO 23:59AA 6510 · flown by SkyWest	8h 36m	92%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	HNL 12:22 → PDX 20:50AS 814	55m Portland	PDX 21:45 → SFO 23:36AS 2112 · flown by Horizon	8h 14m	64%	39%
Alaska Details →	HNL 23:20 → SEA 08:00AS 900	53m Seattle	SEA 08:53 → SFO 11:09 +1AS 528	8h 49m	60%	32%
American Details →	HNL 23:40 → LAX 08:10AA 2888	1h 12m Los Angeles	LAX 09:22 → SFO 10:56 +1AA 6330 · flown by SkyWest	8h 16m	70%	25%

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

SAN · 1h 15m · leaves 21:25 5%

PHX · 1h 16m · leaves 21:00 6%

LAX · 1h 00m · leaves 21:30 7%

Afternoon and evening

SAN · 50m · leaves 08:10 28%

PDX · 55m · leaves 12:22 36%

LAX · 55m · leaves 13:10 48%

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.


Southwest WN 1933 HNL 17:25 → OGG United UA 1750 OGG 21:55 → SFO Connection details →	3h 45m	9h 29m	100%	95%
Alaska AS 1168 HNL 18:45 → KOA United UA 1724 KOA 22:50 → SFO Connection details →	3h 19m	9h 15m	98%	93%
Alaska AS 1143 HNL 18:08 → LIH United UA 1685 LIH 22:44 → SFO Connection details →	3h 55m	9h 48m	99%	92%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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