Lihue Airport in November 2024

92.3%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,277 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 92.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 7.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,309 departures with 90.1% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 91.6% of the time (1,278 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 92.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	92.3%	90.1%	84.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	92.2%	89.2%	83.7%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.1%	1.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.4 min	5.7 min	8.8 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	44	43	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,277	1,309	15,814	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	717	56%	92.3%	-1.9 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	268	21%	94.8%	-8.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	95	7%	92.6%	-16.4 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	77	6%	81.8%	-4.1 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	60	5%	91.7%	-5.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	91.7%	-13.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	698	95.0%	-4.8 min	0.6%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	120	85.8%	-4.3 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	120	91.7%	-0.4 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	89	88.8%	-7.6 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	60	83.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	35	91.4%	-12.1 min	2.9%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	30	96.7%	-23.9 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	30	96.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	86.7%	-7.2 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	93.3%	-13.5 min	0.0%
LIH–SMF	Lihue to Sacramento	17	88.2%	0.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	11	63.6%	-8.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	36.9%	1,339
Late-arriving aircraft	53.7%	35.6%	2,149
National Aviation System	11.5%	21.9%	459
Extreme weather	1.3%	5.4%	54
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,001 delay minutes on 91 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 November 2024?

92.3% of 1,277 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 90.1% of 1,309 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 92.3% and 0.5% in November 2024.

Provenance

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