Flights Honolulu → Kahului
HNL → OGG
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Kahului operates with a high on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of only 6.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 2,452 flights using aircraft such as the Boeing 717 and Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 72, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 7,736,001 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) → Kahului (OGG) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines. Across 3446 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kahului the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kahului: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Kahului (OGG) heads east for about 162 km, a flight time of roughly 37m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of HNL-OGG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kahului it is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 3,446 tracked HNL-OGG flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 1.9% 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% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-OGG
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Kahului (OGG) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 3446 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Kahului is 1.89% across 3446 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Kahului, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
