Flights Hilo → Honolulu
ITO → HNL
Route overview
The flight route from Hilo to Honolulu operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 83%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 1568 flights using Boeing 717 aircraft, with each flight averaging a delay of just 7 minutes. The destination airport in Honolulu serves over 21 million passengers annually.
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 Hilo (ITO) → Honolulu (HNL) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 2130 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.9/100 (medium), 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 Hilo the average ATFM delay is 0.6 minutes.
Heading to Honolulu: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Hilo (ITO) to Honolulu (HNL) heads north-west for about 349 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Hilo on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of ITO-HNL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Hilo the average ATFM delay is 0.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Honolulu it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,130 tracked ITO-HNL flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Airlines (HA) | 78% | 11 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about ITO-HNL
On the Hilo (ITO) -> Honolulu (HNL) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 2130 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Hilo-Honolulu is 1.69% across 2130 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Hawaiian 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.
