Lihue Airport in July 2024

87.1%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,455 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 18.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 85.3% of the time (1,455 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 85.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.7%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	87.1%	—	84.8%	68.5%
Arrived on time	85.2%	—	83.7%	68.1%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	—	8.8 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	—	43	21,154
Scheduled departures	1,455	—	15,814	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	753	52%	86.2%	2.3 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	299	21%	91.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	155	11%	85.8%	-3.4 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	124	9%	71.8%	5.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	4%	74.2%	25.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	80.6%	-3.3 min	8.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	736	87.9%	0.2 min	1.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	175	77.7%	6.0 min	1.1%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	84.7%	5.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	84.9%	-10.0 min	4.3%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	87.1%	-0.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	62	87.1%	-2.8 min	1.6%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	96.8%	-17.6 min	3.2%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	87.1%	2.8 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	96.8%	-1.9 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	87.1%	32.2 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	48.4%	23.6 min	0.0%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	31	64.5%	14.0 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.5%	36.6%	3,298
Late-arriving aircraft	57.1%	42.7%	5,785
National Aviation System	10.1%	16.0%	1,025
Extreme weather	0.1%	4.6%	14
Security	0.1%	0.1%	15

10,137 delay minutes on 199 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 July 2024?

87.1% of 1,455 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.