Route profile
PHX→OGG
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Phoenix to Kahului, 2,845 miles.
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Route reliability
July 2023 – August 2026
Better than 97% of comparable major US routes (4,629 compared)
Calculated from 2,500 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
PHX → OGG arrives on time 84.9% of the time; the return trip, OGG → PHX, arrives on time 93.9% of the time, a 9.0-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
PHX → OGG spends 24.8 minutes on the ground on a 2,845-mile trip: 18.4 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at PHX and 6.4 minutes from touchdown to gate at OGG.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
What sets this route apart
Where PHX to OGG differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – August 2026.
PHX to OGG is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 12 PM: 88.7% arrive on time, 14 points ahead of the 74.7% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 9.3 points.
PHX to OGG holds up on Saturdays better than routes of similar length do: 88.0% on time to their 78.1%, a 9.9 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 8.9 points.
July is kinder to PHX to OGG than to routes of similar length: 83.2% on time against 70.4%, 12.8 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 13.5 points.
American Airlines does better on PHX to OGG than on its routes of similar length: 87.2% on time here, 79.4% there, 7.8 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 12.1 points.
Southwest Airlines’ flights on PHX to OGG arrive on time 81.9% of the time, 2.4 points below the 84.3% it manages on its routes of similar length.
PHX to OGG against comparable routes
July 2023 – August 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 12 PM departures | 88.7% | routes of similar length | 74.7% | +14.0 pts | 150 here, 19,915 there |
| Weekday: Saturday | 88.0% | routes of similar length | 78.1% | +9.9 pts | 358 here, 72,332 there |
| Month: July | 83.2% | routes of similar length | 70.4% | +12.8 pts | 273 here, 63,592 there |
| Airline: American Airlines | 87.2% | routes of similar length | 79.4% | +7.8 pts | 1,401 here, 68,880 there |
| Airline: Southwest Airlines | 81.9% | routes of similar length | 84.3% | −2.4 pts | 1,074 here, 18,926 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 2,845 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.
PHX to OGG in context
This route against PHX and OGG as a whole, against similar routes from PHX, and against its own first year, July 2023 – August 2026.
Leaving PHX, PHX to OGG is on time 84.9% of the time, 4.7 points better than the airport’s other departures at PHX (80.2%, from 605,111 flights).
Of the 2,208 flights scheduled in hours with at least 120 flights, 10 AM is the busiest hour with 749 (33.9%), 84.2% of them on time, and 12 PM the quietest with 150 (6.8%), 88.7% of them on time.
Airport comparisons take this route’s flights out of the airport total. Length means within 15% of this route’s distance, with at least 3 other routes from the same origin. On-time gaps are stated at 2 points and 2 standard errors, cancellation gaps at 0.5 points and 2 standard errors, and every group needs 750 flights. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – August 2026
24 min late
against a median of 10 min early
Percentiles over 2,500 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at OGG after arriving from PHX.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 31% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 14% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 7.6% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 3.6% | Low risk |
| 120 min | 1.9% | 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 0.16% of the time and diverts 0.84% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,475 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 24 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 2,500 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Why PHX → OGG runs late
July 2023 – August 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 PHX → OGG. 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 | 1,412 | 87.2% | 0.28% | -13 min | 4.1% |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,088 | 81.9% | 0.00% | -6 min | 3.1% |
American Airlines flew 56.5% of the 2,500 flights listed.
American Airlines arrived on time 5.3 percentage points more often than Southwest Airlines on this route.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 8.3 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 85.3%
- Feb: 82.7%
- Mar: 86.3%
- Apr: 75.5%
- May: 87.3%
- Jun: 86.5%
- Jul: 83.2%
- Aug: 87.7%
- Sep: 89.6%
- Oct: 78.7%
- Nov: 93.7%
- Dec: 82.2%
April is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 18.2 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – August 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-09 to 2026-08), on-time arrivals averaged 83.2% against 87.1% in the 12 months before — declining by 3.9 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 2,500 PHX → OGG flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – August 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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