Is there a ground stop at HNL today?
No ground stop at HNL right now (as of 3:49 PM HST, Nov 6): the FAA lists no ground stop, ground delay program or delays for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
Live FAA delay status for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (PHNL, Honolulu, Oahu, HI): ground stops, ground delay programs and delays right now, what the FAA has listed for HNL recently, and how often flights here actually run late.
No: the FAA is not reporting a ground stop at HNL right now.
FAA NAS Status lists no ground stop, ground delay program, or delay event for Daniel K. Inouye Intl. Checked Nov 7, 2026 · 0149Z (3:49 PM HST); this page refreshes about every two minutes.
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Why HNL gets delayed
Honolulu is the outlier among the FAA's 30 busiest airports: the FAA did not issue a single ground stop or ground delay program for HNL in the 12 months to October 2026. The 20-year weather record explains it. Instrument conditions show up in roughly one hour in a thousand, there are about seven thunderstorm days a year, and the trade winds blow steadily from the northeast.
That does not mean every flight leaves on time. HNL posted 84.4% on-time departures in BTS data, among the best of the big airports, and more than half of all delay minutes (52%) were airline-caused, the category that covers things like maintenance, crews and aircraft swaps, rather than anything the airspace did.
Written by the ATIS Alerts team from FAA Command Center advisories (October 2025 to October 2026), BTS airline on-time data (June 2025 to May 2026) and 20 years of hourly weather observations. Updated October 2026.
Recent FAA events at HNL
Ground stops and delay programs the FAA has listed for HNL in the last 90 days, from ATIS Alerts' own log of FAA NAS Status.
- Airport ClosureJul 22, 2026 · 0209Z (4:09 PM HST)lasted 701h 43m · !hnl 06/658 hnl ad ap clsd to f-35 vtol 2606291921-2612301800
Durations are the time the FAA kept the event listed. Log complete from 2026-09-22; older rows are the last event of each type seen by the ATIS Alerts bot since 2026-07-22.
How often is HNL delayed?
Airline on-time performance at HNL, Jun 2025 to May 2026, from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
58,245 scheduled airline arrivals and 58,223 departures in the period. Best month: Sep 2025 (87.9% on time); worst: Mar 2026 (74.9%). 12% of arrival delay minutes were charged to weather or the National Airspace System, the categories a ground stop or ground delay program falls under.
On-time arrivals by month
Bar = share of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule; largest month had 5,181 arrivals.
What caused the delays
- 52%Airline (crew, maintenance, ground handling)
- 36%Late-arriving aircraft
- 9%National Airspace System (ATC, volume, non-extreme weather)
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
Shares of delay minutes on arrivals 15+ minutes late, as reported by the carriers to the DOT.
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline On-Time Performance (reporting carriers; regional, cargo, and general aviation flights are not included). Published about two months after each month ends.
Weather at PHNL right now
Weather drives most ground stops: thunderstorms, low ceilings, wind and snow.
METAR PHNL 070053Z 07018G29KT 10SM FEW025 FEW040 FEW070 29/21 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 07029/0052 SLP149 T02890206 $
HNL ground stop FAQ
Is there a ground stop at HNL today?
No ground stop at HNL right now (as of 3:49 PM HST, Nov 6): the FAA lists no ground stop, ground delay program or delays for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. This page rechecks the FAA's NAS Status feed about every two minutes.
How do I know if HNL has a ground stop right now?
The banner at the top of this page reads the FAA's NAS Status feed about every two minutes. A red banner means the FAA currently lists a ground stop for Daniel K. Inouye Intl; green means it does not. The official source is nasstatus.faa.gov.
How long do ground stops at HNL last?
We have not recorded enough ground stops here yet to give an airport-specific average. Nationally, most stops run 30 to 90 minutes per issuance, but a stalled line of storms can keep one extended for hours.
Does a ground stop mean my flight is cancelled?
No. It means departures to HNL are held, not cancelled. Airlines cancel on their own when the backlog cannot be recovered, so watch your carrier's updates alongside this page.
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