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 12 pm and 16% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	SAN	HNL	6h 05m	82%	0.7%	729	Flying now
Alaska	SAN	HNL	6h 13m	68%	2.3%	641	Flying now
Hawaiian	SAN	HNL	6h 16m	65%	1.7%	403	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 San Diego). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	SAN 10:25 → OGG 13:12WN 2618	2h 33m Kahului	OGG 15:45 → HNL 16:30WN 3096	9h 05m	95%	94%
United Details →	SAN 06:20 → SFO 08:04UA 2830	1h 16m San Francisco	SFO 09:20 → HNL 11:43UA 1175	8h 23m	98%	90%
United Details →	SAN 06:20 → LAX 07:21UA 1006	1h 44m Los Angeles	LAX 09:05 → HNL 11:53UA 1158	8h 33m	97%	86%
United Details →	SAN 13:39 → SFO 15:19UA 1763	3h 41m San Francisco	SFO 19:00 → HNL 21:43UA 638	11h 04m	98%	86%
United Details →	SAN 11:01 → SFO 12:47UA 2309	3h 58m San Francisco	SFO 16:45 → HNL 19:25UA 1509	11h 24m	100%	85%
United Details →	SAN 09:26 → SFO 11:12UA 1113	2h 43m San Francisco	SFO 13:55 → HNL 16:18UA 300	9h 52m	100%	84%
Southwest Details →	SAN 07:15 → OAK 08:50WN 4198	2h 35m Oakland	OAK 11:25 → HNL 13:45WN 2879	9h 30m	99%	83%
Southwest Details →	SAN 06:35 → LAS 08:15WN 2970	2h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 10:20 → HNL 13:40WN 2240	10h 05m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	SAN 10:25 → OGG 13:12WN 2618	1h 03m Kahului	OGG 14:15 → HNL 15:00WN 676	7h 35m	71%	64%
Alaska Details →	SAN 11:07 → OGG 14:12AS 254	52m Kahului	OGG 15:04 → HNL 15:45AS 1145	7h 38m	72%	45%
Southwest Details →	SAN 16:10 → SJC 17:35WN 3540	1h 15m San Jose	SJC 18:50 → HNL 21:15WN 3672	8h 05m	57%	15%

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

SFO · 1h 16m · leaves 06:20 2%

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 06:35 4%

LAX · 1h 17m · leaves 10:49 4%

Afternoon and evening

PDX · 56m · leaves 14:03 16%

SFO · 1h 11m · leaves 16:09 16%

SJC · 1h 15m · leaves 16:10 43%

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 222 SAN 09:12 → KOA Southwest WN 2169 KOA 15:35 → HNL Connection details →	3h 20m	10h 18m	100%	100%
Alaska AS 254 SAN 11:07 → OGG Southwest WN 3097 OGG 17:30 → HNL Connection details →	3h 18m	10h 08m	98%	89%
Southwest WN 1677 SAN 11:15 → SFO United UA 1509 SFO 16:45 → HNL Connection details →	3h 45m	11h 10m	100%	85%

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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