Flights Chicago → Honolulu
ORD → HNL
Route overview
This flight route operates from Chicago to Honolulu with a Boeing 777 aircraft, completing a total of 166 flights. With an on-time performance rate of 71%, the average delay for these flights is approximately 31 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at over 21 million passengers per year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Chicago (ORD) → Honolulu (HNL) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 197 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 30 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.6/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Honolulu: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Honolulu (HNL) heads west for about 6,819 km, a flight time of roughly 8h 57m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of ORD-HNL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Honolulu it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 197 tracked ORD-HNL flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 30 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-HNL
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Honolulu (HNL) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 30 minutes, based on 197 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Honolulu is 0.00% across 197 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
