Lihue Airport in November 2025

86.8%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,236 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 8.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,277 departures with 92.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 85.9% of the time (1,236 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	86.8%	92.3%	84.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	84.1%	92.2%	83.7%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.5%	1.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.0 min	4.4 min	8.8 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	43	43	19,018
Scheduled departures	1,236	1,277	15,814	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HA Hawaiian Airlines	681	55%	81.5%	3.4 min	2.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	233	19%	95.3%	-10.0 min	1.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	113	9%	73.5%	3.3 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	95	8%	87.4%	-4.4 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	85.0%	-6.1 min	3.3%
AA American Airlines	54	4%	83.3%	-3.9 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	646	85.4%	-0.4 min	2.9%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	120	88.3%	-0.1 min	0.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	114	77.2%	0.5 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	89	79.8%	-0.5 min	2.2%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	49	77.6%	5.5 min	2.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	41	87.8%	-2.2 min	2.4%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	30	90.0%	-18.5 min	3.3%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	30	90.0%	5.5 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	96.7%	-13.3 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	93.3%	-9.1 min	3.3%
LIH–SJC	Lihue to San Jose	18	61.1%	6.6 min	0.0%
LIH–SMF	Lihue to Sacramento	17	64.7%	8.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	30.2%	2,545
Late-arriving aircraft	48.1%	38.3%	3,296
National Aviation System	12.6%	26.7%	860
Extreme weather	2.2%	4.6%	149
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,850 delay minutes on 170 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 November 2025?

86.8% of 1,236 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 92.3% of 1,277 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 86.8% and 2.0% in November 2025.

Provenance

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