Lihue Airport in October 2024

90.9%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,308 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 90.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.1% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,330 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of +5.5 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 89.6% of the time (1,308 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 66%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 91.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	90.9%	85.4%	84.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	91.1%	81.9%	83.7%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.4%	1.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.3 min	8.9 min	8.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	44	43	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,308	1,330	15,814	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	738	56%	89.4%	-0.5 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	279	21%	98.6%	-12.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	97	7%	91.8%	-8.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	70	5%	78.6%	4.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	5%	87.1%	-11.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	95.2%	-12.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	720	92.1%	-3.8 min	1.8%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	124	82.3%	-0.1 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	91.9%	-2.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	84.9%	-3.4 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	98.4%	-8.5 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	35	91.4%	-4.8 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	96.8%	-19.6 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	90.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	100.0%	-18.6 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-23.0 min	0.0%
LIH–SMF	Lihue to Sacramento	18	88.9%	3.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	4	50.0%	12.5 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.7%	42.7%	928
Late-arriving aircraft	66.2%	37.4%	2,707
National Aviation System	10.8%	16.3%	442
Extreme weather	0.3%	3.4%	12
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,089 delay minutes on 103 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 October 2024?

90.9% of 1,308 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.4% of 1,330 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 90.9% and 1.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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