Flights Kona → Honolulu
KOA → HNL
Route overview
The flight route from Kona to Honolulu operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 86%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 1791 flights using Boeing 717 aircraft, and the destination airport serves around 21,188,678 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 Kona (KOA) → Honolulu (HNL) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 2489 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes.
Heading to Honolulu: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kona (KOA) to Honolulu (HNL) heads north-west for about 263 km, a flight time of roughly 45m.
Departures from Kona on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of KOA-HNL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Honolulu it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,489 tracked KOA-HNL flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.8% 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 KOA-HNL
On the Kona (KOA) -> Honolulu (HNL) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 2489 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kona-Honolulu is 1.81% across 2489 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.
