Historical on-time performance
San Diego to Lihue
2,676 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SAN–LIH arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights
based on 153 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Alaska AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9055 minCancel2.0%Flights153
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline23%
- Weather12%
- Air traffic (NAS)19%
- Late aircraft46%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly SAN → LIH
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 78% to 81% on time.
- Afternoons81% on time · p90 35 min · 238 flights
- Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 237 flights
- Evenings78% on time · p90 65 min · 69 flights · limited
- Middays78% on time · p90 35 min · 178 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 85% on time.
- Tuesdays85% on time · p90 10 min · 87 flights · limited
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 147 flights · limited
- Sundays82% on time · p90 35 min · 110 flights · limited
- Fridays79% on time · p90 55 min · 99 flights · limited
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 86 flights · limited
- Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 95 flights · limited
- Mondays74% on time · p90 60 min · 98 flights · limited
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