Flights Lihue → Denver
LIH → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Lihue to Denver operates with a high level of punctuality, boasting a 96% on-time performance rate and an average arrival time that is actually one minute ahead of schedule. The Boeing 757-200 aircraft serves this busy route, which connects to the large Denver International Airport, opened in 1989 and handling over eighty-two 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 Lihue (LIH) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 135 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.96%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lihue (LIH) to Denver (DEN) heads north-east for about 5,487 km, a flight time of roughly 7h 17m.
Departures from Lihue on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 94% of LIH-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 135 tracked LIH-DEN flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 3.0% 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 LIH-DEN
On the Lihue (LIH) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 135 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lihue-Denver is 2.96% 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.
