Lihue Airport in June 2026

87.8%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,396 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 15.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 1,344 departures with 85.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 84.4% of the time (1,397 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 87.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time	87.8%	85.6%	84.8%	72.2%
Arrived on time	87.7%	85.3%	83.7%	72.8%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.3%	1.1%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.9 min	7.1 min	8.8 min	20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	45	43	20,253
Scheduled departures	1,396	1,344	15,814	607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	843	60%	83.3%	4.0 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	244	17%	96.3%	-9.5 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	159	11%	92.5%	-8.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	90	6%	91.1%	-6.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	4%	96.7%	-11.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	626	87.1%	1.4 min	1.9%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	173	89.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	120	89.2%	-0.1 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	116	88.8%	-5.4 min	0.0%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	90	82.2%	2.4 min	0.0%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	60	93.3%	-3.3 min	0.0%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	30	100.0%	-18.6 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	30	76.7%	9.8 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	30	100.0%	-16.7 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	30	80.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	30	93.3%	-12.7 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	30	86.7%	-3.5 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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	22.1%	30.8%	1,395
Late-arriving aircraft	62.4%	42.1%	3,942
National Aviation System	14.3%	20.3%	905
Extreme weather	0.5%	6.7%	30
Security	0.8%	0.1%	49

6,321 delay minutes on 160 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 June 2026?

87.8% of 1,396 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 85.6% of 1,344 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.9% in June 2026.

Provenance

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