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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 9 am and 16% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	LAX	HNL	5h 51m	85%	0.2%	1,300	Flying now
Delta	LAX	HNL	5h 50m	81%	0.3%	1,095	Flying now
Southwest	LAX	HNL	5h 55m	79%	0.0%	517	Flying now
American	LAX	HNL	5h 47m	78%	0.0%	1,183	Flying now
Alaska	LAX	HNL	5h 54m	67%	1.1%	915	Flying now
Hawaiian	LAX	HNL	6h 02m	68%	1.4%	504	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	LAX 05:35 → LAS 06:50WN 2403	1h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 08:15 → HNL 11:35WN 2238	9h 00m	100%	93%
United Details →	LAX 06:00 → SFO 07:35UA 2647	1h 45m San Francisco	SFO 09:20 → HNL 11:43UA 1175	8h 43m	98%	90%
Southwest Details →	LAX 06:00 → OAK 07:30WN 2415	3h 55m Oakland	OAK 11:25 → HNL 13:45WN 2879	10h 45m	100%	84%
United Details →	LAX 09:10 → SFO 10:45UA 520	3h 10m San Francisco	SFO 13:55 → HNL 16:18UA 300	10h 08m	100%	84%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116	3h 00m Phoenix	PHX 09:30 → HNL 12:55WN 3274	10h 50m	100%	83%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	3h 38m Denver	DEN 12:00 → HNL 15:13UA 384	13h 13m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	LAX 05:35 → SLC 08:30DL 2906	3h 15m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:45 → HNL 14:14DL 316	11h 39m	99%	80%
United Details →	LAX 13:25 → SFO 14:53UA 372	1h 52m San Francisco	SFO 16:45 → HNL 19:25UA 1509	9h 00m	91%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	LAX 12:47 → SEA 15:33AS 1305	47m Seattle	SEA 16:20 → HNL 19:16AS 121	9h 29m	60%	41%
Alaska Details →	LAX 08:30 → OGG 11:11AS 933	46m Kahului	OGG 11:57 → HNL 12:40AS 1115	7h 10m	49%	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

PDX · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 4%

SEA · 1h 06m · leaves 07:00 7%

OAK · 1h 05m · leaves 09:00 14%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 18m · leaves 16:14 16%

SEA · 47m · leaves 12:47 40%

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.


United UA 2373 LAX 09:00 → KOA Southwest WN 2169 KOA 15:35 → HNL Connection details →	3h 53m	10h 30m	99%	99%
United UA 417 LAX 09:00 → OGG Southwest WN 3096 OGG 15:45 → HNL Connection details →	3h 59m	10h 30m	100%	98%
American AA 119 LAX 08:48 → LIH Southwest WN 661 LIH 15:45 → HNL Connection details →	3h 58m	10h 37m	99%	92%

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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