Flights Newark → Honolulu
EWR → HNL
Route overview
The flight route from Newark to Honolulu, operating since 2001, sees an average of 48 flights per year with a Boeing 767-400 aircraft. With a 71% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 39.9 minutes when not on time, the service connects one of the busiest airports in the United States to Hawaii's largest city, which handles over 21 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 Newark (EWR) → Honolulu (HNL) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 79 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12/100 (low), 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 Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Honolulu: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Newark (EWR) to Honolulu (HNL) heads west for about 7,974 km, a flight time of roughly 10h 23m.
Departures from Newark on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of EWR-HNL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Newark the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Honolulu it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 79 tracked EWR-HNL flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 0.0% 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 EWR-HNL
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Frequently asked questions about EWR-HNL
On the Newark (EWR) -> Honolulu (HNL) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 79 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Newark-Honolulu is 0.00% across 79 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.
