Flights Honolulu → Washington
HNL → IAD
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Washington operates with a Boeing 767-400 and has an on-time performance rate of 69%, with average delays of 33.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, the destination airport serves approximately 21,376,896 passengers, indicating high traffic volume.
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) → Washington (IAD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 86 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.16%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Washington (IAD) heads north-east for about 7,740 km, a flight time of roughly 10h 6m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 86% of HNL-IAD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 86 tracked HNL-IAD flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 1.2% 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-IAD
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-IAD
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Washington (IAD) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 86 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Washington is 1.16% across 86 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.
