Lihue Airport in September 2025

91.0%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,228 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 91.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 7.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,260 departures with 91.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 89.0% of the time (1,229 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 70%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 90.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	91.0%	91.6%	84.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	90.1%	89.9%	83.7%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.6%	1.1%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.5 min	5.9 min	8.8 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	42	43	18,748
Scheduled departures	1,228	1,260	15,814	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	676	55%	87.6%	2.6 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	236	19%	97.0%	-12.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	102	8%	93.1%	-18.6 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	94	8%	81.9%	1.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	60	5%	96.7%	-14.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	93.3%	-17.3 min	1.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	625	90.2%	-1.6 min	0.6%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	120	93.3%	1.2 min	0.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	115	86.1%	-5.4 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	90	86.7%	-6.0 min	1.1%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	60	90.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	60	90.0%	-11.4 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	30	93.3%	-28.2 min	3.3%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	30	86.7%	0.0 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	100.0%	-23.9 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	100.0%	-19.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	17	88.2%	0.4 min	0.0%
LIH–SMF	Lihue to Sacramento	17	88.2%	14.2 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.4%	34.3%	1,457
Late-arriving aircraft	69.5%	37.4%	3,834
National Aviation System	3.7%	22.6%	206
Extreme weather	0.3%	5.6%	18
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,515 delay minutes on 113 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 September 2025?

91.0% of 1,228 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 91.6% of 1,260 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 91.0% and 0.5% in September 2025.

Provenance

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