Flight profile · Hawaiian Airlines
HA278
Honolulu (HNL) to Kailua-Kona (KOA) · scheduled 12:25 PM – 1:14 PM
Not currently scheduled Last operated 2025-10-25.
How HA278 performs
720 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2025-10-25.
HA278 arrived on time 83.4% of the time, against 87.6% for all HNL → KOA flights — this specific departure is 4.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Hawaiian Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.9 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 720 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2025-10-25
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA278 | 83.4% | 0.56% | 3 min | 1.3% | 720 |
| Hawaiian Airlines on HNL → KOA | 87.3% | 0.94% | 0 min | 1.6% | 14,575 |
| All HNL → KOA flights | 87.6% | 0.94% | -1 min | 1.8% | 23,398 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2025-10-25
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
22 min late
against a median of 3 min late
Percentiles over 720 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why HA278 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for HA278 on HNL → KOA. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on HNL → KOA
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA198 | Hawaiian Airlines | 96.0% | 2 min early | 654 |
| HA368 | Hawaiian Airlines | 78.1% | 3 min late | 687 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 720 records of HA278 operating HNL → KOA, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.
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