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Route Reliability

Lihue → Kailua-Kona

LIH–KOA · 263 miles · Lihue Airport to Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Hawaiian Airlines82%214 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines72%151 flights

What the data says

Friday is doing you no favors.

LIH–KOA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Sundays and just 65% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Hawaiian Airlines runs this route best.

Hawaiian Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 72%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 365 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Slipping a little lately.

LIH–KOA flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(52 flights)
  • Tue77%(52 flights)
  • Wed81%(52 flights)
  • Thu81%(52 flights)
  • Fri65%(52 flights)
  • Sat77%(52 flights)
  • Sun83%(53 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 87% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%30
July 202555%31
August 202581%31
September 202587%30
October 202597%31
November 202590%30
December 202581%31
January 202677%31
February 202668%28
March 202665%31
April 202673%30
May 202677%31

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Based on 365 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.