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Route Reliability

Seattle → Lihue

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

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
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 Lines77%365 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines71%729 flights

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

SEA–LIH flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 70% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SEA–LIH flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Sundays. On Fridays: 63%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 71%.

Trending in the right direction.

SEA–LIH flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% 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
  • Mon72%(155 flights)
  • Tue75%(153 flights)
  • Wed75%(153 flights)
  • Thu76%(152 flights)
  • Fri63%(153 flights)
  • Sat74%(155 flights)
  • Sun77%(155 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM70%(20 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(337 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(113 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(346 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(260 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 69% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%90
July 202573%91
August 202573%93
September 202579%89
October 202582%92
November 202571%88
December 202561%88
January 202664%92
February 202670%83
March 202660%87
April 202690%90
May 202685%93

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.