Route Reliability
Denver → Lihue
DEN–LIH · 3,414 miles · Denver International Airport to Lihue Airport
83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 84%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 1 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.6%
- Cancelled
- 379
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 379 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Departure time hasn't mattered much.
On-time rates stay between 84% and 86% across the day.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DEN–LIH flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 79%.
Slipping a little lately.
DEN–LIH flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon86%(51 flights)
- Tue84%(50 flights)
- Wed84%(51 flights)
- Thu88%(50 flights)
- Fri84%(51 flights)
- Sat84%(64 flights)
- Sun79%(53 flights)
- 12–3 PM84%(356 flights)
- 3–6 PM86%(14 flights)
94%
May
Jun 79% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 83% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 86% | 28 |
| September 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 88% | 33 |
| January 2026 | 91% | 32 |
| February 2026 | 83% | 29 |
| March 2026 | 79% | 34 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 34 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 31 |
Keep nerding
Based on 379 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.