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Route Reliability

Oakland → Lihue

OAK–LIH · 2,456 miles · Oakland International Airport to Lihue Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
659
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Hawaiian Airlines94%180 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines91%115 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines77%364 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

OAK–LIH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 77% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

OAK–LIH flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 80%.

Hawaiian Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Hawaiian Airlines arrived on time 94% of the time on this route; Southwest 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
  • Mon80%(93 flights)
  • Tue90%(93 flights)
  • Wed87%(91 flights)
  • Thu84%(92 flights)
  • Fri82%(95 flights)
  • Sat83%(94 flights)
  • Sun83%(95 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(100 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(191 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(362 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 87% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%60
July 202587%62
August 202592%62
September 202583%59
October 202587%62
November 202595%40
December 202583%47
January 202681%37
February 202673%45
March 202678%59
April 202673%60
May 202688%60

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Based on 659 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.