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 84% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	SJC	HNL	5h 46m	87%	0.0%	211	Flying now
Southwest	SJC	HNL	5h 35m	79%	0.0%	446	Flying now
Hawaiian	SJC	HNL	5h 48m	93%	0.0%	151	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 San Jose). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	SJC 07:20 → OGG 09:35WN 2200	2h 25m Kahului	OGG 12:00 → HNL 12:50WN 3094	8h 30m	100%	91%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SJC 07:38 → KOA 10:00AS 922	1h 35m Kailua/Kona	KOA 11:35 → HNL 12:30WN 2168	7h 52m	90%	84%
Southwest Details →	SJC 07:40 → LAS 09:10WN 1277	1h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 10:20 → HNL 13:40WN 2240	9h 00m	100%	83%
Southwest Details →	SJC 06:25 → PHX 08:20WN 3186	1h 10m Phoenix	PHX 09:30 → HNL 12:55WN 3274	9h 30m	100%	83%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SJC 07:00 → LAX 08:27DL 1654	2h 38m Los Angeles	LAX 11:05 → HNL 13:56UA 1224	9h 56m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	SJC 14:59 → LAX 16:27DL 3842 · flown by SkyWest	2h 08m Los Angeles	LAX 18:35 → HNL 21:14DL 443	9h 15m	98%	82%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SJC 07:00 → LIH 09:33AS 955	2h 17m Lihue	LIH 11:50 → HNL 12:35WN 2734	8h 35m	91%	82%
Alaska Details →	SJC 07:00 → OGG 09:21AS 953	2h 06m Kahului	OGG 11:27 → HNL 12:09AS 1105	8h 09m	98%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	SJC 16:20 → LAX 17:40WN 4541	1h 00m Los Angeles	LAX 18:40 → HNL 21:22WN 377	8h 02m	74%	29%
Alaska Details →	SJC 17:28 → SEA 19:39AS 1413	46m Seattle	SEA 20:25 → HNL 23:28AS 855	9h 00m	54%	10%

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 09m · leaves 07:00 5%

PDX · 46m · leaves 08:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

PDX · 1h 17m · leaves 14:31 2%

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