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	LIH	HNL	45m	95%	0.5%	1,770	Flying now
Alaska	LIH	HNL	37m	79%	2.5%	3,446	Flying now
Hawaiian	LIH	HNL	38m	86%	0.9%	2,509	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LIH 13:50 → OGG 14:45WN 2515	1h 00m Kahului	OGG 15:45 → HNL 16:30WN 3096	2h 40m	95%	93%
Alaska Details →	LIH 17:02 → KOA 17:55AS 1120	2h 50m Kailua/Kona	KOA 20:45 → HNL 21:33AS 1177	4h 31m	97%	86%
Alaska Details →	LIH 09:27 → OGG 10:16AS 1040	1h 41m Kahului	OGG 11:57 → HNL 12:40AS 1115	3h 13m	99%	82%
Alaska Details →	LIH 10:30 → OGG 11:19AS 1150	1h 44m Kahului	OGG 13:03 → HNL 13:46AS 1125	3h 16m	97%	70%
Alaska Details →	LIH 14:30 → OGG 15:19AS 1260	3h 39m Kahului	OGG 18:58 → HNL 19:37AS 1175	5h 07m	100%	68%

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

OGG · 1h 11m · leaves 09:27 3%

Afternoon and evening

KOA · 1h 20m · leaves 17:02 12%

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 1260 LIH 14:30 → OGG Southwest WN 3098 OGG 19:00 → HNL Connection details →	3h 41m	5h 15m	100%	96%
Alaska AS 1040 LIH 09:27 → OGG Southwest WN 676 OGG 14:15 → HNL Connection details →	3h 59m	5h 33m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 2515 LIH 13:50 → OGG Alaska AS 1155 OGG 16:51 → HNL Connection details →	2h 06m	3h 40m	98%	65%

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