Flights Honolulu → Sacramento
HNL → SMF
Route overview
This flight route operates from Honolulu to Sacramento with a Boeing 767-300 aircraft, serving the busy Sacramento airport which sees over twelve million passengers annually. Out of the total 178 flights recorded, approximately three-quarters arrived on time, with an average delay of 16.2 minutes for those that were not on schedule.
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) → Sacramento (SMF) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 240 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Sacramento: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Sacramento (SMF) heads north-east for about 3,960 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 22m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of HNL-SMF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Sacramento it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 240 tracked HNL-SMF flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 0.8% 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-SMF
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Sacramento (SMF) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 240 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Sacramento is 0.83% across 240 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.
