Hawaiian vs Southwest: On-Time Performance Compared

Last 12 months · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Data through July 2026 · Last updated October 18, 2026

Hawaiian Airlines has not reported flights to BTS since December 2025. Figures cover its flights up to then.

Over the last 12 months 81.8% of Hawaiian flights arrived on time, compared with 76.4% for Southwest.

Hawaiian cancelled fewer flights (0.7% vs 0.9%), and late flights averaged 56 minutes late on Hawaiian vs 53 on Southwest.

On the 38 routes both airlines fly regularly, Hawaiian had the better on-time record on 7 and Southwest on 31.

Hawaiian vs Southwest: key numbers

Last 12 months, all flights each airline operated.

HawaiianSouthwest

On-time arrivals81.8%76.4%

On-time departures83.5%71.8%

Cancelled0.7%0.9%

Diverted0.1%0.2%

On-time arrival % each month, last 24 months.

HawaiianSouthwest

60%70%80%90%

Aug ’24Nov ’24Feb ’25May ’25Aug ’25Nov ’25Feb ’26May ’26

Share of each airline’s reported delay minutes by cause, last 12 months.

HawaiianSouthwest

Airline (carrier)65.1%28.4%

Weather2.3%2.3%

Air traffic system (NAS)1.3%17.9%

Security0.4%0.3%

Late-arriving aircraft30.9%51.1%

38 routes where each airline had at least 100 completed flights in the last 12 months; the 25 busiest are shown. Better on-time rate in bold.

Route	Hawaiian on time	Southwest on time	Hawaiian flights	Southwest flights
HNL → OGG	86.7%	92.6%	3,145	2,861
OGG → HNL	85.8%	94.1%	3,145	2,861
HNL → LIH	87.5%	92.7%	2,509	1,770
LIH → HNL	85.1%	95.2%	2,509	1,770
HNL → KOA	87.8%	91.0%	2,235	1,770
KOA → HNL	86.8%	95.5%	2,235	1,770
HNL → ITO	87.2%	89.5%	1,831	1,830
ITO → HNL	84.9%	94.1%	1,830	1,830
LAS → HNL	68.9%	85.8%	576	902
HNL → LAS	72.7%	93.1%	573	902
SAN → HNL	64.5%	82.0%	403	729
HNL → SAN	68.3%	85.1%	402	729
HNL → LAX	64.6%	88.9%	505	517
LAX → HNL	66.2%	77.8%	504	517
KOA → OGG	90.8%	91.8%	459	365
LIH → OGG	87.3%	86.0%	459	365
OGG → KOA	83.0%	87.7%	459	365
OGG → LIH	78.8%	84.7%	459	365
HNL → SJC	76.7%	89.4%	151	446
SJC → HNL	91.4%	77.8%	151	446
LAS → OGG	77.5%	89.2%	153	370
OGG → LAS	76.3%	96.7%	153	370
HNL → LGB	76.3%	85.9%	153	365
HNL → OAK	75.2%	89.0%	153	365
HNL → PHX	71.0%	92.6%	153	365