Lihue Airport in October 2023

85.4%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,330 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 81.5% of the time (1,330 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.4%	—	84.8%	83.8%
Arrived on time	81.9%	—	83.7%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.9 min	—	8.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	—	43	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,330	—	15,814	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	730	55%	76.8%	9.5 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	310	23%	88.1%	-1.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	101	8%	89.1%	-6.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	65	5%	75.4%	21.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	5%	91.9%	-12.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	95.2%	-19.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	744	78.4%	6.4 min	0.5%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	141	84.4%	4.4 min	0.7%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	128	80.5%	6.8 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	74	86.5%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	35	91.4%	4.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	35	94.3%	-7.0 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	93.5%	-22.3 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	83.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	100.0%	-14.8 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	31	96.8%	-6.3 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	87.1%	-7.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	18	66.7%	36.2 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	21.9%	41.3%	2,456
Late-arriving aircraft	61.6%	40.5%	6,921
National Aviation System	13.3%	14.4%	1,500
Extreme weather	3.0%	3.7%	339
Security	0.2%	0.2%	23

11,239 delay minutes on 233 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 October 2023?

85.4% of 1,330 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.