Airports › Lihue (LIH) › May 2025
Airport month · May 2025
Lihue Airport in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,344 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 92.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 16.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,346 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +9.2 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 92.0% of the time (1,344 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 11%.
- On time 90.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.7%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 92.9% | 83.7% | 84.8% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 90.7% | 82.4% | 83.7% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 4.5 min | 8.8 min | 8.8 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 45 | 45 | 43 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,344 | 1,346 | 15,814 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 751 | 56% | 88.8% | 3.1 min | 0.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 244 | 18% | 97.1% | -10.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 124 | 9% | 83.9% | -4.1 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 101 | 8% | 93.1% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 5% | 91.9% | -5.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 5% | 96.8% | -15.8 min | 1.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIH–HNL | Lihue to Honolulu | 698 | 92.8% | -1.0 min | 0.6% |
| LIH–OGG | Lihue to Kahului | 124 | 95.2% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–LAX | Lihue to Los Angeles | 120 | 82.5% | -0.3 min | 0.8% |
| LIH–SEA | Lihue to Seattle | 93 | 87.1% | -5.7 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–OAK | Lihue to Oakland | 62 | 79.0% | -0.7 min | 1.6% |
| LIH–SFO | Lihue to San Francisco | 43 | 90.7% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–DEN | Lihue to Denver | 31 | 96.8% | -13.5 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–KOA | Lihue to Kona | 31 | 93.5% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–LAS | Lihue to Las Vegas | 31 | 93.5% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–PHX | Lihue to Phoenix | 31 | 96.8% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–SAN | Lihue to San Diego | 31 | 90.3% | -11.9 min | 3.2% |
| LIH–SJC | Lihue to San Jose | 18 | 77.8% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIH on time in May 2025?
92.9% of 1,344 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 83.7% of 1,346 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 92.9% and 0.5% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.