Lihue Airport in March 2026

77.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,331 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.6% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,355 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −9.9 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 74.2% of the time (1,329 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 73.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.1%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	77.0%	86.9%	84.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	73.6%	86.3%	83.7%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.6%	1.0%	1.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	7.0 min	8.8 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	45	43	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,331	1,355	15,814	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	843	63%	66.4%	16.2 min	3.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	247	19%	87.4%	-2.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	117	9%	86.3%	-5.8 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	62	5%	83.9%	-8.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	80.6%	-11.3 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	635	70.2%	14.9 min	3.9%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	124	69.4%	3.5 min	1.6%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	65.3%	13.7 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	80.6%	-4.6 min	4.3%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	77	85.7%	-4.9 min	1.3%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	88.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	35	82.9%	-0.2 min	2.9%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	61.3%	35.5 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	87.1%	-14.9 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	31	80.6%	-13.7 min	6.5%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	83.9%	-9.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	74.2%	15.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.7%	33.5%	5,492
Late-arriving aircraft	55.8%	39.3%	10,673
National Aviation System	8.0%	21.0%	1,522
Extreme weather	7.4%	5.9%	1,414
Security	0.1%	0.2%	11

19,112 delay minutes on 308 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 March 2026?

77.0% of 1,331 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 86.9% of 1,355 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 2.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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