Flights San Francisco → Lihue
SFO → LIH
Route overview
The flight route from San Francisco to Lihue operates with a high level of punctuality, as indicated by an on-time performance rate of 93%. Over the course of the year, this route sees approximately 202 flights using Boeing 757-200 aircraft, and the destination airport serves nearly 2.67 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 San Francisco (SFO) → Lihue (LIH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 244 flights monitored in recent months, 93% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -0 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16/100 (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 San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lihue: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Francisco (SFO) to Lihue (LIH) heads west for about 3,934 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 20m.
Departures from San Francisco on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 70% of SFO-LIH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lihue it is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 244 tracked SFO-LIH flights, 93% left on time with an average delay of -0 min and a 0.0% 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 SFO-LIH
On the San Francisco (SFO) -> Lihue (LIH) route, on-time performance is 93% with an average delay of -0 minutes, based on 244 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-Lihue is 0.00% across 244 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Lihue, 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.
