Hawaiian Airlines was again the top airline in the U.S. for on-time performance in June.

The state's largest airline said 92.2 percent of its interisland and Mainland flights were on time, which was 21.4 percentage points ahead of the industry average of 70.8 percent, the federal Transportation Department reported yesterday.

Hawaiian Airlines, a unit of Hawaiian Holdings Inc., also was No. 2 behind Frontier Airlines for fewest cancellations and third behind AirTran Airways and JetBlue Airways for least misplaced baggage.

Hawaiian's shares rose 19 cents to $8.61 yesterday on the Nasdaq stock market.

The DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics said that nationwide 1.8 percent of domestic commercial flights were canceled in June, down from 2.7 percent in June 2007 but higher than the 1 percent cancellation rate posted in May 2008.

The 19 carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 70.8 percent in June, higher than June 2007's 68.1 percent but down from May 2008's 79 percent.

AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, the nation's biggest carrier, had the worst on-time rate, at 58.8 percent. United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp., was next at 59.3.

The Transportation Department said 47.2 percent of late flights were delayed by weather, up from both the 44.1 percent rate in May and 45 percent in June 2007.

The airlines got better at handling baggage. There were 5.15 reports of mishandled luggage for every 1,000 passengers in June, which was an improvement over the year-earlier figure of 7.94 complaints per 1,000 customers.

Airlines struggling with high fuel costs have been raising fees for handling luggage and in many cases, adding new fees for a first bag.