Lihue Airport in July 2026

85.5%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,485 domestic departures from Lihue Airport (LIH). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LIH departures were 16.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,409 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at LIH that month were on time 83.1% of the time (1,485 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LIH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	85.5%	84.6%	84.8%	68.8%
Arrived on time	86.6%	84.5%	83.7%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.3%	1.1%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	11.3 min	8.8 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	47	43	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,485	1,409	15,814	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	893	60%	81.9%	5.1 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	251	17%	94.8%	-10.4 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	186	13%	93.0%	-13.2 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	93	6%	90.3%	4.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	96.8%	-11.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LIH–HNL	Lihue to Honolulu	664	87.5%	1.3 min	0.5%
LIH–LAX	Lihue to Los Angeles	201	90.5%	-0.1 min	0.0%
LIH–OGG	Lihue to Kahului	124	79.8%	4.9 min	0.0%
LIH–SFO	Lihue to San Francisco	124	87.9%	-4.6 min	1.6%
LIH–SEA	Lihue to Seattle	93	79.6%	-3.2 min	2.2%
LIH–OAK	Lihue to Oakland	62	79.0%	-2.5 min	1.6%
LIH–DEN	Lihue to Denver	31	96.8%	-21.8 min	0.0%
LIH–KOA	Lihue to Kona	31	77.4%	10.8 min	0.0%
LIH–LAS	Lihue to Las Vegas	31	96.8%	-19.9 min	0.0%
LIH–PDX	Lihue to Portland	31	87.1%	2.4 min	0.0%
LIH–PHX	Lihue to Phoenix	31	93.5%	-14.3 min	0.0%
LIH–SAN	Lihue to San Diego	31	83.9%	-3.6 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.7%	31.7%	3,613
Late-arriving aircraft	49.3%	41.8%	4,484
National Aviation System	10.0%	19.9%	907
Extreme weather	0.1%	6.5%	9
Security	1.0%	0.1%	88

9,101 delay minutes on 191 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 July 2026?

85.5% of 1,485 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 84.6% of 1,409 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 85.5% and 0.5% in July 2026.

Provenance

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