Lihue Airport in August 2023

89.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,410 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 89.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 13.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 85.7% of the time (1,410 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 89.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from LIH in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	89.9%	—	84.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	89.9%	—	83.7%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.6 min	—	8.8 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	—	43	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,410	—	15,814	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	726	51%	88.7%	2.6 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	372	26%	90.3%	-5.8 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	112	8%	97.3%	-20.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	76	5%	81.6%	0.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	4%	90.3%	17.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	98.4%	-20.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	757	88.9%	1.3 min	0.7%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	159	93.1%	0.3 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	93.5%	-1.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	66	87.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	87.1%	-3.7 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	46	93.5%	-15.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	41	92.7%	-9.0 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	100.0%	-29.0 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	90.3%	2.2 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	-6.9 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	93.5%	-20.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	83.9%	-4.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	53.9%	36.7%	3,928
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	42.2%	2,960
National Aviation System	5.2%	15.7%	380
Extreme weather	0.1%	5.1%	7
Security	0.1%	0.2%	7

7,282 delay minutes on 135 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LIH on time in August 2023?

89.9% of 1,410 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LIH · methodology · corrections.