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Route Reliability

Lihue → Los Angeles

LIHLAX · 2,615 miles · Lihue Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
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.Delta Air Lines92%365 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines85%361 flights
  4. 4.Hawaiian Airlines67%214 flights
  5. 5.Alaska Airlines67%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

The late departure is the smart one here.

LIH–LAX flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

LIH–LAX flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 80%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 93% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 67%.

Slipping a little lately.

LIH–LAX flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(209 flights)
  • Tue86%(177 flights)
  • Wed89%(201 flights)
  • Thu85%(213 flights)
  • Fri81%(211 flights)
  • Sat80%(249 flights)
  • Sun82%(227 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(97 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(796 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(43 flights)
  • 6–9 PM96%(179 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM89%(372 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 87% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%135
July 202588%160
August 202587%142
September 202589%114
October 202584%115
November 202577%114
December 202585%132
January 202677%102
February 202690%88
March 202673%122
April 202687%126
May 202682%137

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.