Lihue Airport (LIH) delays & on-time performance
Lihue, Hawaii · 14 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at LIH right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
85%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
180 flights
Avg arrival delay
9 min
52 min when late
Departed on time
86%
avg taxi-out 11 min
Figures cover 15,814 departures from LIH; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into LIH were on time 83% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Lihue Airport (LIH) arrived on time 85% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.1% were cancelled, and 3% arrived an hour or more late.
- Southwest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (94% on time); Alaska Airlines was the least (78%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (96% on time); around 2pm did worst (73%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).
Most delayed routes from LIH
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- KOA · Kona79%365 flts
- OGG · Kahului83%1,460 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles84%1,578 flts
- SEA · Seattle84%1,094 flts
- HNL · Honolulu84%7,725 flts
- SFO · San Francisco86%898 flts
- OAK · Oakland89%660 flts
- PHX · Phoenix93%384 flts
- DEN · Denver96%379 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas98%365 flts
Most reliable routes from LIH
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- LAS · Las Vegas98%365 flts
- DEN · Denver96%379 flts
- PHX · Phoenix93%384 flts
- OAK · Oakland89%660 flts
- SFO · San Francisco86%898 flts
- HNL · Honolulu84%7,725 flts
- SEA · Seattle84%1,094 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles84%1,578 flts
- OGG · Kahului83%1,460 flts
- KOA · Kona79%365 flts
Best airline at LIH
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 94% | 0.3% | 3 min | 5 | 2,888 |
| United Airlines | 92% | 1.1% | 5 min | 3 | 1,441 |
| Delta Air Lines | 90% | 2.6% | 8 min | 2 | 730 |
| American Airlines | 89% | 0.1% | 17 min | 2 | 806 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 84% | 0.7% | 8 min | 6 | 3,480 |
| Alaska Airlines | 78% | 1.7% | 12 min | 11 | 6,469 |
Best time to fly out of LIH
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am96%859 flts
- 7am90%362 flts
- 8am94%748 flts
- 9am89%754 flts
- 10am88%966 flts
- 11am86%1,145 flts
- 12pm83%1,245 flts
- 1pm79%1,752 flts
- 2pm73%1,191 flts
- 3pm77%1,006 flts
- 4pm75%701 flts
- 5pm78%633 flts
- 6pm82%380 flts
- 7pm90%953 flts
- 8pm93%814 flts
- 9pm89%1,277 flts
- 10pm87%766 flts
- 11pm89%260 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft56%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.