Lihue Airport in December 2023

88.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,379 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 88.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 85.5% of the time (1,379 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 89.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	88.8%	—	84.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	89.7%	—	83.7%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.9 min	—	8.8 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	—	43	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,379	—	15,814	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	739	54%	88.5%	-0.1 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	290	21%	92.1%	-7.6 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	112	8%	92.9%	-15.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	103	7%	82.5%	-3.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	74	5%	90.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	4%	98.4%	-23.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	745	89.1%	-1.5 min	2.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	132	87.9%	1.8 min	0.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	125	96.0%	-17.7 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	90.3%	-16.2 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	48	93.8%	-14.8 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	45	93.3%	-14.4 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	43	88.4%	9.2 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	34	91.2%	-17.0 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	80.6%	9.8 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	100.0%	-17.5 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	67.7%	15.2 min	0.0%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	16	93.8%	-10.0 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.9%	37.1%	2,045
Late-arriving aircraft	52.8%	38.8%	2,930
National Aviation System	9.6%	17.6%	533
Extreme weather	0.7%	6.2%	39
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,547 delay minutes on 126 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 December 2023?

88.8% of 1,379 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.