Flights Denver → Lihue
DEN → LIH
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Lihue operates with a Boeing 757-200 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 72%, with an average delay of 16.2 minutes per flight. Over the past period, there have been 100 total flights on this route, serving the destination airport which sees approximately 2.6 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Denver (DEN) → Lihue (LIH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 135 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.48%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lihue: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Lihue (LIH) heads west for about 5,487 km, a flight time of roughly 7h 17m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of DEN-LIH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lihue it is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 135 tracked DEN-LIH flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-LIH
On the Denver (DEN) -> Lihue (LIH) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 135 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Lihue is 1.48% across 135 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
