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 4 in 5 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	OAK	HNL	5h 34m	87%	0.9%	211	Flying now
Southwest	OAK	HNL	5h 35m	78%	0.0%	365	Flying now
Hawaiian	OAK	HNL	5h 39m	79%	2.6%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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 Oakland). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	OAK 13:45 → LIH 16:10WN 3058	3h 00m Lihue	LIH 19:10 → HNL 19:50WN 664	9h 05m	97%	95%
Southwest Details →	OAK 13:55 → OGG 16:10WN 3060	2h 50m Kahului	OGG 19:00 → HNL 19:45WN 3098	8h 50m	97%	93%
Southwest Details →	OAK 05:00 → LAS 06:30WN 2325	1h 45m Las Vegas	LAS 08:15 → HNL 11:35WN 2238	9h 35m	98%	91%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 07:00 → OGG 09:17AS 923	2h 43m Kahului	OGG 12:00 → HNL 12:50WN 3094	8h 50m	100%	91%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 20:45 → LAS 22:20WN 4503	3h 35m Las Vegas	LAS 01:55 → HNL 05:16 +1AS 817	11h 31m	98%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 09:15 → LAX 10:40WN 4903	2h 35m Los Angeles	LAX 13:15 → HNL 15:59UA 1431	9h 44m	100%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 13:20 → LAX 14:45WN 4978	4h 00m Los Angeles	LAX 18:45 → HNL 21:38UA 2390	11h 18m	100%	84%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 06:02 → ONT 07:28WN 4421	1h 43m Ontario	ONT 09:11 → HNL 12:09AS 270	9h 07m	98%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	OAK 15:45 → SAN 17:20WN 1926	1h 10m San Diego	SAN 18:30 → HNL 21:25WN 2329	8h 40m	62%	36%
Southwest Details →	OAK 16:00 → LAX 17:25WN 3053	1h 15m Los Angeles	LAX 18:40 → HNL 21:22WN 377	8h 22m	69%	28%
Alaska Details →	OAK 14:50 → SAN 16:26AS 3311 · flown by SkyWest	50m San Diego	SAN 17:16 → HNL 20:22AS 894	8h 32m	37%	28%

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 13m · leaves 07:00 2%

LAS · 1h 15m · leaves 07:35 4%

PDX · 1h 01m · leaves 07:52 4%

Afternoon and evening

OGG · 1h 20m · leaves 13:55 19%

LAX · 1h 15m · leaves 16:00 31%

SAN · 50m · leaves 14:50 63%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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