Airport reliability

Lihue (LIH) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave Lihue, HI (LIH) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

Historical performance Official DOT data through August 2026 · Not live flight status

Lihue, HI15,859 departures in 12 months

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Departures on time: 83.1%
Cancelled: 1.3%
60+ minutes late: 3.5%
Scheduled departures: 15,859

What this means

LIH departures beat the U.S. average.

83.1% of the 15,859 scheduled departures from Lihue (LIH) arrived at their destination on time, 7.5 points higher than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
1.3% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 3.5% arrived an hour or more late.
Flights arriving at LIH were on time 81.6% of the time.
Among airlines with at least 300 departures, Southwest Airlines was the most punctual from LIH (93.9%) and Alaska Airlines the least (76.8%).
Over the last 3 years, September was the most reliable month for departures from LIH (90.1% on time) and January the least reliable (79.4%).
Flights scheduled to depart 6 am to 7 am were the most punctual (94.6% on time); flights scheduled to depart 2 pm to 3 pm were the least (71.6%).

Airlines at LIH

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from LIH, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
Airline	On time	Cancelled	60+ min late	Avg delay when late	Departures
Southwest Airlines	93.9%	0.5%	1.6%	55 min	2,888
United Airlines	90.1%	1.5%	1.4%	51 min	1,445
American Airlines	87.3%	0.6%	4.3%	157 min	830
Delta Air Lines	86.4%	2.6%	3.8%	72 min	730
Hawaiian Airlines	82.6%	0.8%	2.8%	41 min	2,744
Alaska Airlines	76.8%	1.8%	4.9%	49 min	7,222

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On-time rate by departure hour

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6a 94.6%

7a 87.7%

8a 93.2%

9a 87.6%

10a 85.5%

11a 84.3%

12p 80.2%

1p 78.3%

2p 71.6%

3p 75.4%

4p 73.4%

5p 76.1%

6p 77.6%

7p 88.6%

8p 91.4%

9p 88.1%

10p 85.3%

11p 85.5%

Share of scheduled flights on time LIH average 83.1%

Departures from LIH by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Departing before 6 am	Insufficient sample	2
Departing 6 am to 7 am	94.6%	841
Departing 7 am to 8 am	87.7%	357
Departing 8 am to 9 am	93.2%	748
Departing 9 am to 10 am	87.6%	780
Departing 10 am to 11 am	85.5%	934
Departing 11 am to noon	84.3%	1,203
Departing noon to 1 pm	80.2%	1,224
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm	78.3%	1,730
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm	71.6%	1,135
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm	75.4%	1,072
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm	73.4%	691
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm	76.1%	664
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm	77.6%	353
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm	88.6%	948
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm	91.4%	869
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm	88.1%	1,258
Departing 10 pm to 11 pm	85.3%	815
Departing 11 pm to midnight	85.5%	235

Best and worst months at LIH

Jan 79.4%

Feb 82.9%

Mar 83.5%

Apr 85.5%

May 85.0%

Jun 86.7%

Jul 85.5%

Aug 87.7%

Sep 90.1%

Oct 87.2%

Nov 88.5%

Dec 85.6%

Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 83.1%

Departures from LIH by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
January	79.4%	3,970
February	82.9%	3,556
March	83.5%	4,026
April	85.5%	3,850
May	85.0%	4,062
June	86.7%	4,125
July	85.5%	4,349
August	87.7%	4,152
September	90.1%	3,785
October	87.2%	3,896
November	88.5%	3,822
December	85.6%	4,111

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 90.1%

Oct 88.8%

Nov 84.1%

Dec 78.3%

Jan 79.8%

Feb 80.3%

Mar 73.6%

Apr 84.1%

May 81.9%

Jun 87.7%

Jul 86.6%

Aug 82.5%

Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%

Departures from LIH, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Sep 2025	90.1%	1,228
Oct 2025	88.8%	1,258
Nov 2025	84.1%	1,236
Dec 2025	78.3%	1,369
Jan 2026	79.8%	1,328
Feb 2026	80.3%	1,163
Mar 2026	73.6%	1,331
Apr 2026	84.1%	1,292
May 2026	81.9%	1,372
Jun 2026	87.7%	1,396
Jul 2026	86.6%	1,485
Aug 2026	82.5%	1,401

Busiest routes from LIH

Nonstop routes from LIH by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
To	On time	Cancelled	Airlines	Flights
Honolulu (HNL)	82.6%	1.7%	3	7,701
Los Angeles (LAX)	82.7%	0.9%	6	1,605
Kahului (OGG)	81.2%	0.5%	3	1,460
Seattle (SEA)	81.4%	2.1%	2	1,094
San Francisco (SFO)	83.9%	1.3%	2	923
Oakland (OAK)	87.2%	0.6%	3	647
Phoenix (PHX)	91.1%	0.5%	1	384
Denver (DEN)	92.9%	2.4%	1	379
Kona (KOA)	78.6%	0.3%	2	365
Las Vegas (LAS)	96.7%	0.3%	1	365
San Diego (SAN)	76.5%	1.7%	1	294
Portland (PDX)	83.8%	0.7%	1	284
Sacramento (SMF)	79.8%	0.5%	2	208
San Jose (SJC)	72.0%	0.0%	1	150

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Sources & data dates

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period: September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through: August 2026
Processed: 2026-11-03
Scope: Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from Lihue, HI (LIH) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method: Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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