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Airport month · October 2025
Lihue Airport in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,258 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 90.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 10.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,308 departures with 90.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 87.9% of the time (1,258 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 66%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 9%.
- On time 88.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.6%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 90.8% | 90.9% | 84.8% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 88.8% | 91.1% | 83.7% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.0 min | 4.3 min | 8.8 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 42 | 44 | 43 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,258 | 1,308 | 15,814 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 693 | 55% | 86.1% | 2.8 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 244 | 19% | 98.4% | -12.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 104 | 8% | 92.3% | -13.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 97 | 8% | 78.4% | 0.1 min | 2.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 5% | 93.5% | -17.0 min | 4.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 58 | 5% | 86.2% | 37.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIH–HNL | Lihue to Honolulu | 640 | 90.5% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–OGG | Lihue to Kahului | 124 | 87.9% | 1.3 min | 0.8% |
| LIH–LAX | Lihue to Los Angeles | 117 | 82.9% | 11.8 min | 1.7% |
| LIH–SEA | Lihue to Seattle | 93 | 84.9% | -11.6 min | 3.2% |
| LIH–OAK | Lihue to Oakland | 62 | 90.3% | -6.7 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–SFO | Lihue to San Francisco | 59 | 83.1% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–DEN | Lihue to Denver | 31 | 100.0% | -26.8 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–KOA | Lihue to Kona | 31 | 96.8% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–LAS | Lihue to Las Vegas | 31 | 100.0% | -22.4 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–PHX | Lihue to Phoenix | 31 | 90.3% | 23.0 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–SMF | Lihue to Sacramento | 18 | 61.1% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–SJC | Lihue to San Jose | 17 | 82.4% | 15.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIH on time in October 2025?
90.8% of 1,258 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 90.9% of 1,308 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 90.8% and 0.5% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.