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 one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 9 am and barely half the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	SFO	HNL	5h 35m	86%	0.1%	1,773	Flying now
Alaska	SFO	HNL	5h 40m	68%	2.4%	423	Flying now
Hawaiian	SFO	HNL	5h 40m	73%	3.0%	270	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 Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	SFO 05:00 → LAS 06:35WN 4231	1h 40m Las Vegas	LAS 08:15 → HNL 11:35WN 2238	9h 35m	100%	93%
United Details →	SFO 06:00 → LAX 07:39UA 2127	1h 26m Los Angeles	LAX 09:05 → HNL 11:53UA 1158	8h 53m	96%	85%
United Details →	SFO 13:55 → LAX 15:35UA 2610	3h 10m Los Angeles	LAX 18:45 → HNL 21:38UA 2390	10h 43m	100%	84%
United Details →	SFO 08:50 → LAX 10:34UA 1896	2h 41m Los Angeles	LAX 13:15 → HNL 15:59UA 1431	10h 09m	99%	84%
Southwest Details →	SFO 05:30 → PHX 07:30WN 4145	2h 00m Phoenix	PHX 09:30 → HNL 12:55WN 3274	10h 25m	100%	83%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	3h 25m Denver	DEN 12:00 → HNL 15:13UA 384	13h 13m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	SFO 14:30 → LAX 15:56DL 2725	2h 39m Los Angeles	LAX 18:35 → HNL 21:14DL 443	9h 44m	98%	81%
United Details →	SFO 12:15 → LAX 13:55UA 1506	3h 10m Los Angeles	LAX 17:05 → HNL 19:44UA 1170	10h 29m	99%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	SFO 13:21 → SAN 15:05AS 3482 · flown by SkyWest	52m San Diego	SAN 15:57 → HNL 19:03AS 94	8h 42m	47%	36%
Alaska Details →	SFO 15:49 → LAS 17:30AS 776	50m Las Vegas	LAS 18:20 → HNL 21:39AS 805	8h 50m	50%	34%
Alaska Details →	SFO 10:18 → SEA 12:27AS 656	1h 03m Seattle	SEA 13:30 → HNL 16:34AS 899	9h 16m	59%	29%

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

KOA · 1h 17m · leaves 07:00 2%

OGG · 1h 16m · leaves 09:23 6%

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 07:25 9%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 50m · leaves 15:49 50%

SAN · 50m · leaves 16:00 94%

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 694 SFO 10:10 → KOA Southwest WN 2169 KOA 15:35 → HNL Connection details →	2h 58m	9h 20m	100%	99%
Alaska AS 979 SFO 09:23 → OGG Southwest WN 3096 OGG 15:45 → HNL Connection details →	3h 58m	10h 07m	100%	98%
United UA 1384 SFO 09:05 → LIH Southwest WN 661 LIH 15:45 → HNL Connection details →	3h 55m	10h 20m	100%	93%

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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