Route profile
HNL→DEN
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Honolulu to Denver, 3,365 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 85% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 1,879 flights. How this is calculated
HNL → DEN arrives on time 86.1% of the time; the return trip, DEN → HNL, arrives on time 74.6% of the time, an 11.6-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
HNL → DEN spends 28.3 minutes on the ground on a 3,365-mile trip: 20.0 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at HNL and 8.3 minutes from touchdown to gate at DEN.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Every day of the week performs about the same on this route, steadier than 99% of 4,467 comparable routes.
87.6% on time on the best day (Wednesday) against 84.5% on the worst (Monday).
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 4,467 in the comparison.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
22 min late
against a median of 8 min early
Percentiles over 1,879 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at DEN after arriving from HNL.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 30% | High risk |
| 45 min | 13% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 7.2% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 3.7% | Low risk |
| 120 min | 2.8% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 1.44% of the time and diverts 0.21% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 1,848 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 22 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 1,879 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why HNL → DEN runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all 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
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for HNL → DEN. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 1,879 | 86.1% | 1.44% | -8 min | 4.0% |
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 3.1 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 88.0%
- Feb: no data
- Mar: 85.2%
- Apr: 90.4%
- May: 80.9%
- Jun: 79.8%
- Jul: 88.7%
- Aug: 85.3%
- Sep: no data
- Oct: 84.9%
- Nov: no data
- Dec: 87.4%
June is historically the weakest month and April the strongest, a spread of 10.6 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 86.6% against 85.0% in the 12 months before — improving by 1.6 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,879 HNL → DEN flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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