Flights Honolulu → Anchorage
HNL → ANC
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Anchorage has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 63%, with an average delay time of 18.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 121 flights, serving a destination airport that handles about 4.9 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 Honolulu (HNL) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 152 flights monitored in recent months, 56% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 32 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.61%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Anchorage (ANC) heads north for about 4,475 km, a flight time of roughly 6h 1m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 66% of HNL-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Anchorage it is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 152 tracked HNL-ANC flights, 56% left on time with an average delay of 32 min and a 4.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-ANC
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 56% with an average delay of 32 minutes, based on 152 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Anchorage is 4.61% across 152 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska 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.
