Lihue Airport in December 2024

89.0%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,363 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 89.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 11.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,379 departures with 88.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 89.0% of the time (1,362 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 88.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	89.0%	88.8%	84.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	88.7%	89.7%	83.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	1.1%	1.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	5.9 min	8.8 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	45	46	43	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,363	1,379	15,814	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	737	54%	86.3%	1.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	279	20%	96.1%	-9.7 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	123	9%	94.3%	-3.3 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	87	6%	75.9%	4.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	75	6%	92.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	87.1%	-1.8 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	719	90.5%	-2.2 min	0.1%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	137	82.5%	9.2 min	0.7%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	91.1%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	83.9%	-6.3 min	1.1%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	91.9%	-7.0 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	46	93.5%	-18.0 min	2.2%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	44	97.7%	-14.1 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	33	93.9%	-12.4 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	64.5%	7.8 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	87.1%	-2.6 min	0.0%
LIH–SMF	Lihue to Sacramento	18	94.4%	20.2 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	17	58.8%	23.5 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.2%	34.3%	2,381
Late-arriving aircraft	62.1%	40.2%	5,248
National Aviation System	6.4%	17.8%	543
Extreme weather	3.1%	7.5%	265
Security	0.2%	0.2%	13

8,450 delay minutes on 148 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 December 2024?

89.0% of 1,363 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 88.8% of 1,379 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 89.0% and 0.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

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