Flights San Jose → Lihue
SJC → LIH
Route overview
The flight route from San Jose to Lihue operates with a high level of punctuality, boasting a 92% on-time performance rate and an average arrival two minutes early. With 25 flights annually serving the busy destination airport that sees nearly 2.67 million passengers per year, this route typically uses Boeing 737 aircraft.
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 Jose (SJC) → Lihue (LIH) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 31 flights monitored in recent months, 94% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.3/100 (low), 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 Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lihue: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Jose (SJC) to Lihue (LIH) heads west for about 3,964 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 23m.
Departures from San Jose on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of SJC-LIH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Jose the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lihue it is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 31 tracked SJC-LIH flights, 94% left on time with an average delay of -3 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SJC-LIH
On the San Jose (SJC) -> Lihue (LIH) route, on-time performance is 94% with an average delay of -3 minutes, based on 31 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Jose-Lihue is 0.00% across 31 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
