Flights Honolulu → Salt Lake City
HNL → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Salt Lake City operates with a high level of punctuality, with 84% of flights arriving on time. Over the course of the year, there have been 239 total flights using Boeing 767-300 aircraft, which experience an average delay of 10.6 minutes. The destination airport sees over 25 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 270 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.11%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-east for about 4,813 km, a flight time of roughly 6h 26m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of HNL-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 270 tracked HNL-SLC flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-SLC
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 270 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Salt Lake City is 1.11% across 270 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
