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 88% on time.

Nonstops


United	SFO	OGG	5h 36m	89%	0.3%	1,312	Flying now
Alaska	SFO	OGG	5h 24m	89%	0.8%	237	Flying now
Hawaiian	SFO	OGG	5h 35m	85%	0.0%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kahului on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Kahului 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	2h 45m Las Vegas	LAS 09:20 → OGG 12:35WN 1457	10h 35m	100%	97%
United Details →	SFO 06:00 → LAX 07:39UA 2127	3h 18m Los Angeles	LAX 10:57 → OGG 13:43UA 765	10h 43m	100%	95%
Alaska Details →	SFO 12:08 → PDX 13:50AS 235	3h 55m Portland	PDX 17:45 → OGG 20:40AS 353	11h 32m	98%	87%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	3h 25m Denver	DEN 12:00 → OGG 15:05UA 1736	13h 05m	99%	86%
American Details →	SFO 05:50 → PHX 08:01AA 6404 · flown by SkyWest	3h 02m Phoenix	PHX 11:03 → OGG 14:32AA 645	11h 42m	99%	85%
Alaska Details →	SFO 13:21 → SAN 15:05AS 3482 · flown by SkyWest	3h 42m San Diego	SAN 18:47 → OGG 21:47AS 483	11h 26m	99%	84%
Alaska Details →	SFO 14:20 → SEA 16:31AS 790	2h 28m Seattle	SEA 18:59 → OGG 22:07AS 202	10h 47m	100%	83%
Southwest Details →	SFO 05:30 → PHX 07:30WN 4145	1h 50m Phoenix	PHX 09:20 → OGG 12:40WN 2138	10h 10m	98%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	SFO 15:02 → PDX 16:47AS 1302	58m Portland	PDX 17:45 → OGG 20:40AS 353	8h 38m	73%	64%
Delta Details →	SFO 14:30 → LAX 15:56DL 2725	59m Los Angeles	LAX 16:55 → OGG 19:29DL 418	7h 59m	48%	39%
American Details →	SFO 16:04 → LAX 17:45AA 6221 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Los Angeles	LAX 18:45 → OGG 21:24AA 205	8h 20m	47%	36%

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

LAX · 58m · leaves 06:00 8%

SEA · 1h 02m · leaves 07:03 13%

LIH · 47m · leaves 07:03 13%

Afternoon and evening

PDX · 58m · leaves 15:02 27%

SEA · 59m · leaves 15:50 32%

LAX · 1h 00m · leaves 16:04 53%

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 1260 SFO 12:00 → HNL Southwest WN 1933 HNL 17:25 → OGG Connection details →	2h 50m	9h 10m	100%	98%
United UA 1721 SFO 08:10 → KOA Southwest WN 2172 KOA 13:55 → OGG Connection details →	3h 15m	9h 30m	97%	95%
United UA 1175 SFO 09:20 → HNL Southwest WN 1931 HNL 14:00 → OGG Connection details →	2h 17m	8h 30m	97%	95%

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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