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 5% of the time at 6 am and 23% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HNL	SMF	5h 15m	88%	0.3%	365	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	SMF	5h 09m	69%	0.5%	212	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	SMF	5h 11m	70%	0.0%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	HNL 20:55 → LAS 05:45WN 1915	1h 33m Las Vegas	LAS 07:18 → SMF 08:48 +1WN 2359	8h 53m	100%	98%
Southwest Details →	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15WN 4082	1h 05m Los Angeles	LAX 06:20 → SMF 07:45 +1WN 4894	7h 55m	100%	97%
Southwest Details →	HNL 06:10 → KOA 07:05WN 655	2h 55m Kailua/Kona	KOA 10:00 → SMF 18:05WN 2316	8h 55m	100%	97%
Southwest Details →	HNL 21:00 → PHX 05:55WN 2277	1h 50m Phoenix	PHX 07:45 → SMF 09:45 +1WN 2885	9h 43m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	HNL 08:05 → OGG 08:50WN 574	2h 00m Kahului	OGG 10:50 → SMF 18:50WN 3105	7h 45m	100%	93%
Delta Details →	HNL 21:30 → LAX 06:00DL 658	3h 13m Los Angeles	LAX 09:13 → SMF 10:46 +1DL 3755 · flown by SkyWest	10h 16m	99%	93%
Alaska Details →	HNL 21:39 → PDX 06:11AS 880	2h 04m Portland	PDX 08:15 → SMF 09:48 +1AS 485	9h 09m	100%	92%
Southwest Details →	HNL 21:25 → SAN 05:50WN 512	2h 50m San Diego	SAN 08:40 → SMF 10:20 +1WN 4356	9h 55m	98%	92%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	HNL 07:30 → SAN 16:01AS 892	55m San Diego	SAN 16:56 → SMF 18:38AS 2334 · flown by Horizon	8h 08m	71%	40%

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 05m · leaves 20:50 0%

SEA · 1h 12m · leaves 22:40 3%

SFO · 1h 12m · leaves 23:01 5%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 55m · leaves 12:23 23%

SAN · 55m · leaves 07:30 29%

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 1018 HNL 06:00 → KOA Southwest WN 2316 KOA 10:00 → SMF Connection details →	3h 14m	9h 05m	100%	96%
Southwest WN 4082 HNL 20:50 → LAX Delta DL 3755 LAX 09:13 → SMF Connection details →	3h 58m	10h 56m	100%	95%
Alaska AS 1026 HNL 07:00 → OGG Southwest WN 3105 OGG 10:50 → SMF Connection details →	3h 10m	8h 50m	99%	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