Flights Lihue → Los Angeles
LIH → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Lihue to Los Angeles operates with an 81% on-time performance rate, with flights experiencing an average delay of 6.2 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 339 flights using Boeing 757 and Boeing 757-200 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1926 and currently handles over 76 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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 443 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lihue (LIH) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads north-east for about 4,203 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 40m.
Departures from Lihue on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of LIH-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 443 tracked LIH-LAX flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about LIH-LAX
On the Lihue (LIH) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 443 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lihue-Los Angeles is 0.68% across 443 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, 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.
