Flights Honolulu → Lihue
HNL → LIH
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Lihue operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of a year, approximately 1,830 flights are conducted using Boeing 717 and Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 72 aircraft, with an average delay time of 6.7 minutes per flight. The destination airport serves around 2,673,149 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 Honolulu (HNL) → Lihue (LIH) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines. Across 2560 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.72%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.2/100 (medium), 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 Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lihue: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Lihue (LIH) heads north-west for about 163 km, a flight time of roughly 37m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of HNL-LIH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lihue it is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 2,560 tracked HNL-LIH flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Airlines (HA) | 78% | 11 min | 1.5% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-LIH
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Lihue (LIH) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 2560 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Lihue is 1.72% across 2560 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Hawaiian Airlines, 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.
