Hawaiian Airlines’ passenger traffic  rose 5.2 percent in September as the state’s largest carrier filled more of its flights.

The airline said Monday it transported 823,008 last month compared with 782,120 in the year-earlier quarter. The load factor, or percentage of seats filled, rose 2.2 percentage points to 82.5 percent from 80.3 percent in the year-earlier period.

Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, increased 3 percent to 1.16 million from 1.12 million. Available seat miles, or one seat transported one mile, was virtually flat at 1.4 million.