Lihue Airport in August 2025

88.8%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,356 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 88.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 12.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,395 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 88.8% of the time (1,356 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	88.8%	90.8%	84.8%	76.8%
Arrived on time	88.5%	92.0%	83.7%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.9 min	6.3 min	8.8 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	45	47	43	20,079
Scheduled departures	1,356	1,395	15,814	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	736	54%	86.7%	3.2 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	245	18%	95.5%	-9.6 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	137	10%	92.7%	-12.4 min	4.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	114	8%	74.6%	3.2 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	62	5%	90.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	96.8%	-14.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	682	89.7%	-0.4 min	0.4%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	142	84.5%	-2.2 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	91.1%	3.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	90.3%	-6.8 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	72	90.3%	-11.2 min	2.8%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	87.1%	-1.4 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	87.1%	-23.7 min	12.9%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	80.6%	8.7 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	100.0%	-18.1 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-15.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	21	52.4%	13.8 min	9.5%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	18	66.7%	8.4 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.5%	33.1%	2,255
Late-arriving aircraft	58.1%	40.5%	3,691
National Aviation System	5.7%	19.2%	364
Extreme weather	0.8%	7.0%	48
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,358 delay minutes on 145 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 August 2025?

88.8% of 1,356 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 90.8% of 1,395 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 88.8% and 0.8% in August 2025.

Provenance

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