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Route Reliability

Lihue → Honolulu

LIHHNL · 102 miles · Lihue Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
7,810
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines95%1,769 flights
  2. 2.Hawaiian Airlines86%3,589 flights
  3. 3.Alaska Airlines76%2,452 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LIH–HNL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 76% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

LIH–HNL flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 81%.

Southwest Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 95% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 76%.

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
  • Mon86%(1118 flights)
  • Tue88%(1091 flights)
  • Wed88%(1069 flights)
  • Thu83%(1103 flights)
  • Fri81%(1148 flights)
  • Sat84%(1076 flights)
  • Sun86%(1091 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(1984 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(1275 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(1368 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(1520 flights)
  • 6–9 PM86%(1211 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(338 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 90% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%674
July 202587%691
August 202591%679
September 202592%621
October 202591%640
November 202589%627
December 202579%656
January 202680%686
February 202679%566
March 202674%608
April 202684%608
May 202684%640

Based on 7,810 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.