Lihue Airport in July 2025

84.6%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,409 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 14.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 1,455 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 83.8% of the time (1,408 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 31% and extreme weather 10%.

On time 84.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from LIH in July 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	84.6%	87.1%	84.8%	69.7%
Arrived on time	84.5%	85.2%	83.7%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.0%	1.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.3 min	7.7 min	8.8 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	49	43	21,048
Scheduled departures	1,409	1,455	15,814	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	752	53%	81.8%	6.0 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	251	18%	88.8%	-1.1 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	158	11%	94.3%	-9.3 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	124	9%	75.8%	6.7 min	4.0%
AA American Airlines	62	4%	87.1%	23.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	90.3%	-15.2 min	4.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	698	85.1%	3.9 min	1.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	162	85.8%	-4.1 min	1.2%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	81.5%	8.0 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	86.0%	-2.0 min	5.4%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	79	96.2%	-2.4 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	83.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	90.3%	-21.1 min	6.5%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	54.8%	18.0 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	96.8%	-19.1 min	3.2%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	93.5%	44.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	58.1%	18.5 min	6.5%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	18	66.7%	3.7 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.6%	31.1%	4,045
Late-arriving aircraft	57.7%	40.8%	7,619
National Aviation System	1.8%	20.7%	241
Extreme weather	9.8%	7.3%	1,295
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,200 delay minutes on 198 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 July 2025?

84.6% of 1,409 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 87.1% of 1,455 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 84.6% and 1.3% in July 2025.

Provenance

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