Route profile
HNL→DFW
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Honolulu to Dallas–Fort Worth, 3,784 miles.
Right now
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Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 80% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 1,976 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
HNL → DFW arrives on time 85.4% of the time; the return trip, DFW → HNL, arrives on time 72.3% of the time, a 13.1-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
HNL → DFW spends 28.8 minutes on the ground on a 3,784-mile trip: 19.6 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at HNL and 9.2 minutes from touchdown to gate at DFW.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where HNL to DFW differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
HNL to DFW is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 8 PM: 87.6% arrive on time, 11.4 points ahead of the 76.2% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 20.2 points.
HNL to DFW struggles most at 7 PM: 81.4% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 5.4 points behind the 86.8% on routes of similar length at the same hour.
HNL to DFW holds up on Wednesdays better than routes of similar length do: 88.6% on time to their 79.9%, a 8.7 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 7.8 points.
July is kinder to HNL to DFW than to routes of similar length: 89.3% on time against 72.1%, 17.2 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 19.6 points.
American Airlines does better on HNL to DFW than on its routes of similar length: 85.4% on time here, 71.9% there, 13.5 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 10.3 points.
HNL to DFW against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 8 PM departures | 87.6% | routes of similar length | 76.2% | +11.4 pts | 201 here, 2,360 there |
| Hour: 7 PM departures | 81.4% | routes of similar length | 86.8% | −5.4 pts | 623 here, 1,202 there |
| Weekday: Wednesday | 88.6% | routes of similar length | 79.9% | +8.7 pts | 273 here, 2,239 there |
| Month: July | 89.3% | routes of similar length | 72.1% | +17.2 pts | 214 here, 2,560 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 85.4% | routes of similar length | 71.9% | +13.5 pts | 1,950 here, 2,306 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 3,784 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
25 min late
against a median of 14 min early
Percentiles over 1,976 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at DFW after arriving from HNL.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 27% | High risk |
| 45 min | 14% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 8.8% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 5.2% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 4.0% | 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 0.86% of the time and diverts 0.46% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 1,950 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 25 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 1,976 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why HNL → DFW 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 → DFW. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 1,976 | 85.4% | 0.86% | -14 min | 5.3% |
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
| Flight | Scheduled | Operations | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA102 American Airlines | 7:00 PM | 790 | 83.0% |
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 8.0 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 80.9%
- Feb: 85.9%
- Mar: 77.5%
- Apr: 86.0%
- May: 85.5%
- Jun: 88.9%
- Jul: 89.3%
- Aug: 85.8%
- Sep: no data
- Oct: 91.9%
- Nov: 84.4%
- Dec: 83.1%
March is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 14.4 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 79.7% against 82.6% in the 12 months before — declining by 2.9 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,976 HNL → DFW 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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