Lihue Airport in September 2023

90.0%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,297 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 90.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 9.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 90.8% of the time (1,295 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 68%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 90.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	90.0%	—	84.8%	80.5%
Arrived on time	90.2%	—	83.7%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.8 min	—	8.8 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	—	43	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,297	—	15,814	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	709	55%	89.0%	1.2 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	308	24%	90.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	93	7%	96.8%	-17.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	67	5%	86.6%	-5.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	60	5%	91.7%	34.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	96.7%	-19.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	723	91.4%	-1.0 min	0.3%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	135	83.7%	2.5 min	4.4%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	125	92.8%	-1.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	73	87.7%	-11.4 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	35	71.4%	2.2 min	0.0%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	35	97.1%	-9.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	32	96.9%	-10.0 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	30	96.7%	-28.6 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	30	90.0%	7.3 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	86.7%	-13.8 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	86.7%	53.6 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	19	94.7%	-9.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	67.5%	36.4%	4,618
Late-arriving aircraft	26.8%	38.3%	1,831
National Aviation System	4.8%	19.9%	329
Extreme weather	0.1%	5.1%	9
Security	0.7%	0.2%	51

6,838 delay minutes on 119 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 September 2023?

90.0% of 1,297 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.