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Airport month · January 2025
Lihue Airport in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,319 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.3% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 8.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,323 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of +9.5 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 88.6% of the time (1,320 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 24% and extreme weather 10%.
- On time 83.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
- Cancelled 2.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.4% | 77.9% | 84.8% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 83.3% | 75.1% | 83.7% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 2.5% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.6 min | 15.3 min | 8.8 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 44 | 44 | 43 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,319 | 1,323 | 15,814 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 739 | 56% | 81.7% | 9.0 min | 2.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 276 | 21% | 91.7% | -6.0 min | 1.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 90 | 7% | 82.2% | -3.9 min | 3.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 84 | 6% | 92.9% | -9.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 68 | 5% | 73.5% | 23.1 min | 2.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 5% | 64.5% | 22.9 min | 8.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIH–HNL | Lihue to Honolulu | 718 | 85.5% | 4.8 min | 2.5% |
| LIH–OGG | Lihue to Kahului | 124 | 89.5% | 0.9 min | 1.6% |
| LIH–LAX | Lihue to Los Angeles | 108 | 69.4% | 15.4 min | 3.7% |
| LIH–SEA | Lihue to Seattle | 93 | 84.9% | -5.4 min | 4.3% |
| LIH–OAK | Lihue to Oakland | 62 | 80.6% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–PHX | Lihue to Phoenix | 37 | 67.6% | 46.6 min | 2.7% |
| LIH–SFO | Lihue to San Francisco | 37 | 94.6% | -13.5 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–DEN | Lihue to Denver | 32 | 93.8% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–KOA | Lihue to Kona | 31 | 80.6% | 3.5 min | 3.2% |
| LIH–LAS | Lihue to Las Vegas | 31 | 74.2% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–PDX | Lihue to Portland | 19 | 84.2% | -6.9 min | 5.3% |
| LIH–SMF | Lihue to Sacramento | 18 | 61.1% | 30.4 min | 5.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIH on time in January 2025?
87.4% of 1,319 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 77.9% of 1,323 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 87.4% and 2.5% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.