Flights Kahului → Lihue
OGG → LIH
Route overview
The flight route from Kahului to Lihue operates with a Boeing 717 and has an on-time performance rate of 70%, with an average delay of 15.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 356 flights are conducted along this route, serving the destination airport which accommodates nearly 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 Kahului (OGG) → Lihue (LIH) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 480 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23/100 (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 Kahului the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes.
Heading to Lihue: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kahului (OGG) to Lihue (LIH) heads west for about 324 km, a flight time of roughly 50m.
Departures from Kahului on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 78% of OGG-LIH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kahului the average ATFM delay is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Lihue it is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 480 tracked OGG-LIH flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about OGG-LIH
On the Kahului (OGG) -> Lihue (LIH) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 480 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kahului-Lihue is 0.00% across 480 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Hawaiian 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.
