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Airport month · December 2025
Lihue Airport in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,369 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 8.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,363 departures with 89.0% leaving on time: a change of −8.2 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 77.2% of the time (1,369 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 65%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 8%.
- On time 78.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.9%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.8% | 89.0% | 84.8% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.3% | 88.7% | 83.7% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.4 min | 7.4 min | 8.8 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 46 | 45 | 43 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,369 | 1,363 | 15,814 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 694 | 51% | 75.4% | 9.9 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 244 | 18% | 90.6% | -5.9 min | 0.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 159 | 12% | 67.3% | 11.7 min | 2.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 139 | 10% | 87.8% | -12.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 71 | 5% | 84.5% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 5% | 62.9% | 19.4 min | 6.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIH–HNL | Lihue to Honolulu | 657 | 78.8% | 6.5 min | 0.2% |
| LIH–LAX | Lihue to Los Angeles | 133 | 84.2% | -1.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–OGG | Lihue to Kahului | 124 | 78.2% | 7.4 min | 0.8% |
| LIH–SEA | Lihue to Seattle | 93 | 61.3% | 14.3 min | 6.5% |
| LIH–SFO | Lihue to San Francisco | 79 | 75.9% | 1.3 min | 1.3% |
| LIH–OAK | Lihue to Oakland | 47 | 87.2% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–PHX | Lihue to Phoenix | 45 | 88.9% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–DEN | Lihue to Denver | 33 | 93.9% | -23.5 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–KOA | Lihue to Kona | 31 | 80.6% | 12.2 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–LAS | Lihue to Las Vegas | 31 | 93.5% | -15.2 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–PDX | Lihue to Portland | 31 | 90.3% | -5.4 min | 0.0% |
| LIH–SAN | Lihue to San Diego | 31 | 51.6% | 27.6 min | 3.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LIH on time in December 2025?
80.8% of 1,369 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 89.0% of 1,363 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.7% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.