Lihue Airport in February 2024

86.1%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,215 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 81.3% of the time (1,216 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 46% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LIH in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.1%	—	84.8%	84.0%
Arrived on time	86.4%	—	83.7%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	8.8 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	—	43	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,215	—	15,814	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	677	56%	82.6%	4.4 min	1.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	261	21%	90.4%	-5.3 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	91	7%	84.6%	-0.8 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	70	6%	92.9%	-15.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	58	5%	98.3%	-14.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	58	5%	96.6%	-5.4 min	1.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	677	83.6%	3.8 min	1.3%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	116	87.9%	2.9 min	0.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	91	90.1%	3.4 min	1.1%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	87	89.7%	-7.7 min	1.1%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	58	91.4%	-15.1 min	3.4%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	33	97.0%	-19.5 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	33	87.9%	-12.0 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	29	79.3%	7.9 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	29	96.6%	-19.4 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	29	100.0%	-34.0 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	25	88.0%	-8.0 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	4	75.0%	25.5 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.9%	35.9%	3,893
Late-arriving aircraft	46.0%	36.9%	3,816
National Aviation System	4.5%	21.7%	377
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.3%	184
Security	0.3%	0.3%	22

8,292 delay minutes on 152 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 February 2024?

86.1% of 1,215 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.