Flights Honolulu → San Diego
HNL → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to San Diego operates with an average on-time performance of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 9.6 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 445 total flights on this route using Airbus A330-200 aircraft, serving the highly trafficked San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928 and currently handles over 22 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) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines. Across 569 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to San Diego (SAN) heads north-east for about 4,201 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 40m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of HNL-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 569 tracked HNL-SAN flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.8% 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% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-SAN
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 569 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-San Diego is 2.81% across 569 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Alaska Airlines, 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.
