Lihue Airport in February 2026

81.0%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,163 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,178 departures with 82.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 77.4% of the time (1,161 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	81.0%	82.9%	84.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.3%	81.8%	83.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.3%	0.4%	1.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	11.5 min	8.8 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	39	43	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,163	1,178	15,814	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	754	65%	73.6%	6.5 min	3.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	220	19%	94.1%	-9.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	77	7%	92.2%	-22.4 min	3.9%
AA American Airlines	56	5%	94.6%	1.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	5%	85.7%	-8.9 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	587	75.1%	6.4 min	3.6%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	112	78.6%	5.3 min	0.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	88	88.6%	-5.6 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	84	82.1%	-12.9 min	1.2%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	59	84.7%	-8.7 min	1.7%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	46	89.1%	-11.2 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	90.3%	-24.2 min	6.5%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	28	67.9%	16.4 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	28	100.0%	-21.0 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	28	92.9%	-12.0 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	28	89.3%	28.4 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	28	92.9%	-20.7 min	7.1%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.6%	38.2%	3,083
Late-arriving aircraft	57.7%	37.2%	5,996
National Aviation System	8.1%	18.5%	846
Extreme weather	4.6%	6.0%	475
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,400 delay minutes on 200 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 February 2026?

81.0% of 1,163 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 82.9% of 1,178 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 2.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

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