Flights Lihue → Seattle
LIH → SEA
Route overview
The flight route from Lihue to Seattle has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 9.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 267 flights, connecting the city of Lihue with one of the world's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, which handles approximately 52,715,181 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) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 360 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.94%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 minutes.
Heading to Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lihue (LIH) to Seattle (SEA) heads north-east for about 4,345 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 51m.
Departures from Lihue on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of LIH-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lihue the average ATFM delay is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 360 tracked LIH-SEA flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about LIH-SEA
On the Lihue (LIH) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 360 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lihue-Seattle is 1.94% across 360 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska 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.
