Lihue Airport in January 2026

82.0%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,328 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,319 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of −5.4 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 78.0% of the time (1,328 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from LIH in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	82.0%	87.4%	84.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	79.8%	83.3%	83.7%	75.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	2.5%	1.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	9.6 min	8.8 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	44	43	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,328	1,319	15,814	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	864	65%	76.0%	7.3 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	244	18%	92.2%	-8.4 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	91	7%	83.5%	-6.5 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	67	5%	83.6%	20.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	74.2%	5.5 min	4.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	693	78.9%	4.9 min	1.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	80.6%	6.1 min	0.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	107	71.0%	16.6 min	3.7%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	84.9%	-1.8 min	1.1%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	62	79.0%	-3.5 min	1.6%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	36	91.7%	-11.0 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	36	86.1%	20.1 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	32	93.8%	-26.9 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	77.4%	11.6 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	93.5%	-14.5 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	31	80.6%	-5.2 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	67.7%	11.1 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	37.3%	5,054
Late-arriving aircraft	49.1%	35.0%	7,318
National Aviation System	12.6%	18.0%	1,885
Extreme weather	4.3%	9.6%	643
Security	0.1%	0.1%	17

14,917 delay minutes on 249 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 January 2026?

82.0% of 1,328 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 87.4% of 1,319 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 1.0% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.