Flights Lihue → Kahului
LIH → OGG
Route overview
The flight route from Lihue to Kahului operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 81%. Over the course of one year, this route sees 356 flights carried out by Boeing 717 aircraft, with each flight experiencing an average delay of 6.6 minutes. The destination airport serves over seven million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for such services.
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Lihue (LIH) → Kahului (OGG) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 480 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kahului the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 minutes.
Heading to Kahului: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lihue (LIH) to Kahului (OGG) heads east for about 324 km, a flight time of roughly 50m.
Departures from Lihue on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 94% of LIH-OGG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Kahului it is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 480 tracked LIH-OGG flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 6 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% |
Airlines operating LIH-OGG
Frequently asked questions about LIH-OGG
On the Lihue (LIH) -> Kahului (OGG) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 480 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lihue-Kahului is 0.00% across 480 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Hawaiian Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Kahului, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
