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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Lihue

SMF–LIH · 2,508 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Lihue Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
210
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Hawaiian Airlines84% on time · 123 flights
  • Alaska Airlines89% on time · 87 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 9 AM–12 PM departure wins.

SMF–LIH flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 86% between 6–9 AM.

Sunday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 89% on time on Sundays against 85% on Fridays.

Trending in the right direction.

SMF–LIH flights arrived on time 96% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon—(0 flights)
  • Tue85%(52 flights)
  • Wed—(0 flights)
  • Thu88%(50 flights)
  • Fri85%(52 flights)
  • Sat—(0 flights)
  • Sun89%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(188 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM94%(17 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 82% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%17
July 2025100%18
August 202588%17
September 202571%17
October 202578%18
November 202582%17
December 202588%17
January 202678%18
February 202681%16
March 202694%17
April 2026100%17
May 202694%17

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Based on 210 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.