Flights Oakland → Honolulu
OAK → HNL
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Honolulu operates with a high level of punctuality, with 82% of flights arriving on time. Over the past year, there have been 178 total flights along this route, experiencing an average delay of 8.6 minutes. The aircraft used include Boeing 737 and Boeing 767-300 models, serving Oakland International Airport, which has been in operation since 1927, and Honolulu International Airport, one of the busiest airports in Hawaii with 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 Oakland (OAK) → Honolulu (HNL) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines. Across 271 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (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 Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Honolulu: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Honolulu (HNL) heads west for about 3,873 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 16m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 68% of OAK-HNL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Honolulu it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 271 tracked OAK-HNL flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.7% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about OAK-HNL
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Honolulu (HNL) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 271 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Honolulu is 0.74% across 271 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American 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.
