OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Lihue to San Francisco

2,447 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LIH–SFO arrive on time 90% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate90%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay10 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 629 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlines
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights629

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline49%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)30%
  • Late aircraft21%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline100%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 4 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly LIH → SFO

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 82% to 92% on time.

  • Overnights92% on time · p90 on time · 554 flights
  • Middays92% on time · p90 10 min · 720 flights
  • Afternoons82% on time · p90 25 min · 599 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 85% to 93% on time.

  • Tuesdays93% on time · p90 10 min · 206 flights
  • Saturdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 345 flights
  • Thursdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 239 flights
  • Sundays90% on time · p90 10 min · 259 flights
  • Fridays87% on time · p90 20 min · 301 flights
  • Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 278 flights
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 247 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.