Lihue Airport in May 2026

82.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,372 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,344 departures with 92.9% leaving on time: a change of −10.8 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 82.3% of the time (1,372 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	82.1%	92.9%	84.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	81.9%	90.7%	83.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.5%	1.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	4.5 min	8.8 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	45	43	20,391
Scheduled departures	1,372	1,344	15,814	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	874	64%	76.5%	8.1 min	2.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	243	18%	94.7%	-10.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	120	9%	90.8%	-8.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	73	5%	83.6%	15.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	5%	88.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	660	80.5%	4.9 min	3.0%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	137	81.8%	-0.8 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	83.1%	4.8 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	80.6%	2.0 min	1.1%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	74	81.1%	1.4 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	83.9%	-7.8 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	96.8%	-14.5 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	77.4%	11.0 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	100.0%	-18.9 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	31	77.4%	2.2 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	93.5%	39.0 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	83.9%	-5.6 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.1%	33.0%	4,657
Late-arriving aircraft	47.7%	40.4%	5,977
National Aviation System	11.4%	20.5%	1,434
Extreme weather	3.3%	6.0%	420
Security	0.4%	0.1%	52

12,540 delay minutes on 225 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 May 2026?

82.1% of 1,372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 92.9% of 1,344 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 82.1% and 1.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

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