Lihue Airport in April 2026

84.2%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,292 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,268 departures with 87.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 78.7% of the time (1,291 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	84.2%	87.3%	84.8%	79.1%
Arrived on time	84.1%	84.5%	83.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.9%	1.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	6.2 min	8.8 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	42	43	19,931
Scheduled departures	1,292	1,268	15,814	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	821	64%	79.2%	5.4 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	237	18%	91.1%	-10.9 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	114	9%	96.5%	-12.6 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	60	5%	95.0%	-14.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	5%	90.0%	-7.2 min	1.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	610	82.3%	2.9 min	0.3%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	127	85.0%	-5.9 min	0.8%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	120	75.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	90	88.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	67	91.0%	4.4 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	60	88.3%	-9.8 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	34	94.1%	-26.5 min	2.9%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	30	70.0%	16.5 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	93.3%	-28.0 min	3.3%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	30	83.3%	1.2 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	100.0%	-23.4 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	30	86.7%	-4.8 min	3.3%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.3%	33.5%	3,131
Late-arriving aircraft	53.3%	40.4%	4,601
National Aviation System	7.7%	21.0%	669
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.0%	232
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,633 delay minutes on 198 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 April 2026?

84.2% of 1,292 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 87.3% of 1,268 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.5% in April 2026.

Provenance

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