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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Lihue

LAX–LIH · 2,615 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Lihue Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,502
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines93%378 flights
  2. 2.Hawaiian Airlines84%214 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines83%365 flights
  4. 4.American Airlines80%361 flights
  5. 5.Alaska Airlines77%161 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (23 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–LIH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 78% between 3–6 PM.

Any day works.

Weekday differences are small here: 84% to 85% on time across the week.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 93% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 77%.

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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(211 flights)
  • Tue84%(178 flights)
  • Wed85%(201 flights)
  • Thu84%(212 flights)
  • Fri84%(210 flights)
  • Sat84%(252 flights)
  • Sun85%(228 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(354 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(582 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(354 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(202 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 83% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%136
July 202585%162
August 202587%142
September 202592%113
October 202588%116
November 202591%114
December 202581%133
January 202678%102
February 202683%87
March 202681%123
April 202674%127
May 202688%137

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Based on 1,502 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.