Lihue Airport in March 2024

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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,340 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 90.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 11.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 87.8% of the time (1,340 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 90.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.8%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	90.1%	—	84.8%	78.5%
Arrived on time	90.6%	—	83.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.3 min	—	8.8 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	45	—	43	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,340	—	15,814	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	735	55%	90.2%	-0.4 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	283	21%	92.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	106	8%	82.1%	-5.9 min	2.8%
UA United Airlines	92	7%	93.5%	0.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	5%	96.8%	-17.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	90.3%	-16.1 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	735	91.6%	-1.5 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	88.7%	-0.7 min	0.8%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	102	88.2%	-14.1 min	2.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	83.9%	-10.0 min	4.3%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	95.2%	-11.8 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	51	90.2%	-6.7 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	36	97.2%	13.4 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	87.1%	4.2 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	96.8%	-6.6 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-15.6 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	20	85.0%	-2.7 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	19	84.2%	-1.9 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	55.4%	32.1%	2,777
Late-arriving aircraft	34.5%	42.1%	1,730
National Aviation System	9.7%	21.4%	484
Extreme weather	0.4%	4.2%	20
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,011 delay minutes on 118 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 March 2024?

90.1% of 1,340 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.