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 9 in 10 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	LGB	HNL	6h 00m	92%	0.0%	365	Flying now
Alaska	LGB	HNL	5h 50m	88%	0.5%	212	Flying now
Hawaiian	LGB	HNL	5h 59m	87%	0.7%	153	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 Long Beach). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LGB 07:05 → OAK 08:25WN 4947	3h 00m Oakland	OAK 11:25 → HNL 13:45WN 2879	9h 40m	100%	82%
Southwest Details →	LGB 06:50 → LAS 08:05WN 2484	2h 15m Las Vegas	LAS 10:20 → HNL 13:40WN 2240	9h 50m	96%	78%
Alaska Details →	LGB 08:16 → OGG 10:52AS 971	1h 05m Kahului	OGG 11:57 → HNL 12:40AS 1115	7h 24m	91%	75%
Delta Details →	LGB 07:00 → SLC 09:53DL 3135	1h 52m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:45 → HNL 14:14DL 316	10h 14m	96%	73%
Southwest Details →	LGB 16:30 → SJC 17:45WN 4307	1h 05m San Jose	SJC 18:50 → HNL 21:15WN 3672	7h 45m	85%	22%

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

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 06:50 4%

OGG · 1h 05m · leaves 08:16 9%

Afternoon and evening

SJC · 1h 05m · leaves 16:30 15%

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 971 LGB 08:16 → OGG Southwest WN 676 OGG 14:15 → HNL Connection details →	3h 23m	9h 44m	99%	88%
Southwest WN 2491 LGB 07:50 → PHX American AA 675 PHX 10:48 → HNL Connection details →	1h 38m	9h 37m	94%	72%
Southwest WN 4238 LGB 09:45 → DEN United UA 1805 DEN 16:00 → HNL Connection details →	3h 00m	12h 28m	98%	70%

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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