Flights Kahului → Kona
OGG → KOA
Route overview
The flight route from Kahului to Kona operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 81%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 356 flights using Boeing 717 aircraft, with each flight typically experiencing a mean delay of just 10 minutes. The destination airport serves over 4.2 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for such services.
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 Kahului (OGG) → Kona (KOA) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 480 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Kahului the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes.
Heading to Kona: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kahului (OGG) to Kona (KOA) heads south for about 135 km, a flight time of roughly 35m.
Departures from Kahului on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 78% of OGG-KOA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kahului the average ATFM delay is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Kona it is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 480 tracked OGG-KOA flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.4% 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 OGG-KOA
On the Kahului (OGG) -> Kona (KOA) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 480 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kahului-Kona is 0.42% across 480 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Hawaiian Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Kona, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
