Route Reliability
Honolulu → Lihue
HNL–LIH · 102 miles · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to Lihue Airport
- 86%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.3%
- Cancelled
- 7,804
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Southwest Airlines92%1,768 flights
- 2.Hawaiian Airlines89%3,588 flights
- 3.Alaska Airlines78%2,448 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
HNL–LIH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 77% between 12–3 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
HNL–LIH flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 81%.
Southwest Airlines runs this route best.
Southwest Airlines arrived on time 92% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 78%.
Best historical flights
Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.
Top flights by on-time rate
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon87%(1123 flights)
- Tue90%(1089 flights)
- Wed89%(1065 flights)
- Thu83%(1103 flights)
- Fri81%(1151 flights)
- Sat85%(1076 flights)
- Sun88%(1093 flights)
- 3–6 AM97%(251 flights)
- 6–9 AM94%(1425 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM89%(1517 flights)
- 12–3 PM77%(1460 flights)
- 3–6 PM82%(1564 flights)
- 6–9 PM86%(1152 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM87%(331 flights)
Jun 90% → May 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 675 |
| July 2025 | 88% | 690 |
| August 2025 | 94% | 679 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 621 |
| October 2025 | 93% | 639 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 626 |
| December 2025 | 80% | 655 |
| January 2026 | 82% | 684 |
| February 2026 | 81% | 571 |
| March 2026 | 76% | 612 |
| April 2026 | 82% | 608 |
| May 2026 | 83% | 640 |
Keep nerding
Based on 7,804 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.