Hawaiian Airlines

What the Data Says About Hawaiian Airlines

Across 414,402 flights reported to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics between 2020 and 2025, Hawaiian Airlines (HA) posted a 83.1% on-time rate, with 70,143 delayed departures and 5,623 cancellations. The carrier's average delay when flights run late is 57.0 minutes, and its cancellation rate of 1.36% sits alongside an overall delay rate of 16.9%. Those baseline numbers frame every comparison you can make with other carriers in the BTS dataset.

Digging into causes, Carrier drives the biggest share of minutes lost, with Carrier accounting for 57.6% of delay time and Late Aircraft contributing 35.7%. Weather — often blamed informally — represents 3.2% of total delay minutes, while National Aviation System constraints such as air traffic control and airspace congestion make up 3.0%. Security delays remain the smallest bucket at 0.4%. Taken together, operational and scheduling factors outweigh weather as the dominant driver of Hawaiian Airlines delays.

Seasonality matters too. Recent monthly data shows September 2024 as the best period for Hawaiian Airlines with a 90% on-time rate, while December 2025 was the roughest at 72% on-time — a spread of 18 percentage points between best and worst month. For passengers choosing between carriers, the combination of a 83.1% on-time rate, 57.0-minute average delay, and 1.36% cancellation rate is the clearest summary of what to expect on Hawaiian Airlines flights based on BTS reporting.