Flights Honolulu → Kona
HNL → KOA
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Kona operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of a year, approximately 1,790 flights are conducted using Boeing 717 aircraft, with each flight experiencing an average delay of just 5.7 minutes. The destination airport in Kona sees nearly 4.3 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) → Kona (KOA) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 2487 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kona: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Kona (KOA) heads south-east for about 263 km, a flight time of roughly 45m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 46% of HNL-KOA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kona it is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 2,487 tracked HNL-KOA flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.5% 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 HNL-KOA
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Kona (KOA) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 2487 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Kona is 1.49% across 2487 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.
