Flights Seattle → Lihue
SEA → LIH
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Lihue operates with a high level of punctuality, with 83% of flights arriving on time. On average, the flights experience a delay of 9.2 minutes, and there were a total of 267 flights recorded for this route. The destination airport in Lihue serves approximately 2,673,149 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 Seattle (SEA) → Lihue (LIH) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 360 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.39%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.1/100 (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 Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lihue: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Lihue (LIH) heads south-west for about 4,345 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 51m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 67% of SEA-LIH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lihue it is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 360 tracked SEA-LIH flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.4% 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 SEA-LIH
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Lihue (LIH) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 360 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Lihue is 1.39% 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.
