Flights Honolulu → Newark
HNL → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Newark is operated with a Boeing 767-400, offering an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 18.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 48 flights, connecting Honolulu with Newark Liberty International Airport, which opened in 2001 and serves over 43 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) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 79 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.80%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Newark (EWR) heads north-east for about 7,974 km, a flight time of roughly 10h 23m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 70% of HNL-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 79 tracked HNL-EWR flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 3.8% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
Airlines operating HNL-EWR
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-EWR
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 79 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Newark is 3.80% across 79 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.
