Lihue Airport in November 2023

90.1%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,309 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 90.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 87.6% of the time (1,310 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 42% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 89.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.7%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	90.1%	—	84.8%	86.0%
Arrived on time	89.2%	—	83.7%	86.2%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.7 min	—	8.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	—	43	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,309	—	15,814	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	731	56%	88.0%	1.5 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	281	21%	92.5%	-7.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	98	7%	91.8%	-14.4 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	79	6%	79.7%	-0.6 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	60	5%	86.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	100.0%	-28.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	741	88.8%	-0.1 min	1.3%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	138	85.5%	4.1 min	0.7%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	124	93.5%	-10.2 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	81	86.4%	-12.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	34	97.1%	-16.2 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	32	93.8%	-2.4 min	3.1%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	30	86.7%	-17.8 min	3.3%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	96.7%	-12.7 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	30	93.3%	-13.9 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	86.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	22	77.3%	5.6 min	4.5%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	15	100.0%	-20.4 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	41.6%	42.5%	2,455
Late-arriving aircraft	42.9%	37.3%	2,531
National Aviation System	10.7%	16.2%	629
Extreme weather	4.6%	3.7%	269
Security	0.4%	0.3%	21

5,905 delay minutes on 127 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 November 2023?

90.1% of 1,309 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.