Carrier performance at one airport
AS→OGG
Alaska Airlines at Kahului Airport
- Departures
- 10,985
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
- Routes
- 14
- Rank here
- #6 of 6
Alaska Airlines at Kahului lands a B, level with the national rate of 77.3%. Roughly one flight in four arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by roughly 45 minutes on average. That rests on 10,985 flights, of which Southwest Airlines flew 5,103 at 92.9% on time.
Measured against the airport rather than the country, Alaska Airlines runs 6 points behind the 83.0% weighted average across all carriers at OGG. That is the comparison worth making: every operator here works the same runways, the same airspace and the same weather.
Key figures
On time
76.9%
10,793 completed departures
Avg delay
47 min
Across delayed flights only
Cancelled
1.36%
At OGG, this carrier only
Rank here
#6
Of 6 carriers clearing the floor at OGG
These figures cover 11,000 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. On-time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the same threshold the Department of Transportation uses in its own reports. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and counted separately, which is why the cancellation column matters on its own.
Against the competition
Every carrier at OGG, ranked
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Southwest Airlines arrives on time 92.9% of the time; Alaska Airlines manages 76.9%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 10,985 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 5,103 | 92.9% | 47 min | 0.43% | A+ |
| United Airlines | 2,417 | 91.1% | 71 min | 1.03% | A |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,332 | 87.5% | 71 min | 2.55% | A |
| American Airlines | 1,576 | 83.9% | 147 min | 1.02% | B |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 4,301 | 80.6% | 44 min | 0.70% | B+ |
| Alaska Airlines (this page) | 10,985 | 76.9% | 47 min | 1.36% | B |
The spread between Southwest and Alaska is 16 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 16 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Where Alaska Airlines flies from OGG
Alaska Airlines operates 14 routes out of OGG with enough volume to report. Route records inside one carrier at one airport still spread widely, because a short shuttle and a transcontinental have very different exposure to a late inbound.
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGG to HNL · Honolulu | 4,653 | 77.9% | 43 min | 1.85% | B |
| OGG to SEA · Seattle | 1,322 | 79.3% | 52 min | 1.82% | B |
| OGG to KOA · Kailua-Kona | 729 | 74.9% | 47 min | 0.41% | C+ |
| OGG to LIH · Lihue | 729 | 68.4% | 44 min | 0.27% | C+ |
| OGG to SAN · San Diego | 728 | 76.0% | 51 min | 1.79% | B |
| OGG to PDX · Portland | 728 | 85.2% | 50 min | 0.69% | A+ |
| OGG to LAX · Los Angeles | 376 | 63.2% | 44 min | 0.80% | D+ |
| OGG to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 268 | 87.9% | 81 min | 0.75% | A+ |
| OGG to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 243 | 84.8% | 69 min | 1.23% | B |
| OGG to SMF · Sacramentothin sample | 243 | 72.0% | 42 min | 1.65% | C |
| OGG to LGB · Long Beachthin sample | 243 | 86.9% | 35 min | 0.41% | A+ |
| OGG to OAK · Oaklandthin sample | 243 | 72.1% | 75 min | 0.82% | C+ |
| OGG to SJC · San Josethin sample | 243 | 72.1% | 63 min | 0.41% | C+ |
| OGG to ITO · Hilothin sample | 209 | 62.5% | 38 min | 0.00% | D+ |
Flight by flight
Alaska Airlines flight numbers from OGG
4 Alaska Airlines flight numbers leaving OGG flew their main route often enough to have a record of their own. Grouped by destination.
Departure window
Best time of day for this operation
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 23 points, against 16 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am621 flights89.9%
- 8am–11am1,839 flights86.3%
- 11am–2pm3,539 flights77.0%
- 2pm–5pm2,437 flights67.4%
- 5pm–8pm1,051 flights71.6%
- 8pm–5am1,498 flights79.3%
Scale runs 60% to 95%.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 89.9% of the time, against 67.4% for the afternoon window. That is 23 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 3,539 flights scheduled in it.
Across the year
Seasonal pattern
September is the best month on the calendar at 84.9% on time. Shoulder season thins the schedule and takes the summer weather with it, and the operation gets its margin back. January was the busiest month here, with 1,335 flights.
Delay causes
What holds this operation up
- 49%Late-arriving aircraft
- 34%Carrier
- 10%National Airspace System
- 7%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
49% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 118,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 7 to one. The split is drawn from 117,832 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.36% against a national 1.89%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.39%.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.8% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
The sample behind these figures is 10,985 flights, enough that the headline rate is stable to within roughly a point. The hour-block and month splits divide that further, so read the thinner bars with more caution than the headline.
Put together: the calendar is the biggest lever here, not the carrier or the hour. September runs 84.9% on time and March 68.0%, a swing of 17 points. If the dates move at all, move them out of March before you think about anything else. 10,793 completed flights over 12 months sit behind that.
Common questions
Alaska Airlines at OGG
How often is Alaska Airlines at OGG delayed?
Roughly one flight in four arrives at least 15 minutes late, which is the Department of Transportation's definition of a delayed arrival. That works out to 23.1% of the 10,985 flights in this analysis, against 22.7% nationally. Delayed flights are late by roughly 45 minutes on average.
Which airline is most reliable on Alaska Airlines at OGG?
Southwest Airlines leads at 92.9% on time across 5,103 flights. Alaska Airlines is at the other end on 76.9%, a gap of 16 points. Sample size matters as much as the percentage: a rate built from a few hundred flights moves around far more than one built from ten thousand.
What time of day has the fewest delays on Alaska Airlines at OGG?
The 5am–8am departure window is the strongest at 89.9% on time. The 2pm–5pm window is the weakest at 67.4%, 23 points behind. Later departures inherit delays from earlier flights the same aircraft has already flown, which is why the curve slopes the way it does.
How bad are March delays on Alaska Airlines at OGG?
March is the weakest month at 68.0% on time, compared with 84.9% in September. Across the year that is 17 points between the best and worst months. Moving flexible dates out of that month is one of the few things that reliably helps.
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Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.