Lihue Airport in September 2024

91.6%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,260 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 91.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,297 departures with 90.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 90.7% of the time (1,260 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 89.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.4%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	91.6%	90.0%	84.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	89.9%	90.2%	83.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.6%	1.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.9 min	6.8 min	8.8 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	43	43	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,260	1,297	15,814	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	724	57%	90.1%	-1.4 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	270	21%	95.6%	-11.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	91	7%	93.4%	-3.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	60	5%	83.3%	15.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	98.3%	-15.8 min	1.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	55	4%	52.7%	19.1 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	707	92.2%	-4.9 min	0.7%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	120	83.3%	-1.4 min	0.8%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	120	91.7%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	77	67.5%	6.7 min	1.3%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	60	91.7%	-4.8 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	31	93.5%	-16.6 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	30	96.7%	10.5 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	30	96.7%	-3.4 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	86.7%	-9.5 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	96.7%	26.7 min	0.0%
LIH–SMF	Lihue to Sacramento	17	88.2%	-0.8 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	4	75.0%	-2.2 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.5%	38.6%	2,939
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	38.4%	2,783
National Aviation System	11.4%	18.2%	751
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.8%	0
Security	1.9%	0.1%	128

6,601 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 September 2024?

91.6% of 1,260 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 90.0% of 1,297 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 91.6% and 0.6% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.