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Route Reliability

Lihue → Seattle

LIHSEA · 2,700 miles · Lihue Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
1,094
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines89%365 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines83%729 flights

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

LIH–SEA flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 73% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

LIH–SEA flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays. On Saturdays: 81%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 89% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 83%.

Ticking up lately.

LIH–SEA flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
  • Mon86%(152 flights)
  • Tue86%(152 flights)
  • Wed84%(153 flights)
  • Thu89%(151 flights)
  • Fri87%(150 flights)
  • Sat81%(152 flights)
  • Sun81%(153 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(231 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(134 flights)
  • 6–9 PM92%(59 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM85%(639 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 82% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%88
July 202591%88
August 202590%93
September 202589%89
October 202588%90
November 202583%86
December 202567%87
January 202689%89
February 202683%83
March 202684%89
April 202689%90
May 202682%91

Based on 1,094 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.