Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: United’s DEN → LIH flights land within a few points of 85% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	DEN	LIH	7h 59m	85%	1.3%	379	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Lihue on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Lihue is 4 h behind Denver). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DEN 06:04 → LAX 07:34UA 1093	1h 11m Los Angeles	LAX 08:45 → LIH 11:44UA 1295	9h 40m	99%	93%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DEN 11:44 → LAX 13:19AA 4957 · flown by SkyWest	3h 56m Los Angeles	LAX 17:15 → LIH 20:14UA 1104	12h 30m	100%	92%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	DEN 12:00 → HNL 15:13UA 384	2h 07m Honolulu	HNL 17:20 → LIH 18:05WN 2349	10h 05m	91%	90%
United Details →	DEN 05:15 → SFO 06:53UA 2367	2h 12m San Francisco	SFO 09:05 → LIH 11:50UA 1384	10h 35m	99%	87%
United Details →	DEN 12:25 → SFO 14:09UA 1450	2h 46m San Francisco	SFO 16:55 → LIH 19:42UA 1684	11h 17m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	DEN 05:45 → LAS 06:40WN 3106	2h 45m Las Vegas	LAS 09:25 → LIH 12:45WN 2262	11h 00m	100%	84%
Frontier + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DEN 06:45 → PHX 07:45F9 1747	3h 04m Phoenix	PHX 10:49 → LIH 14:36AA 697	11h 51m	99%	83%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	3h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 14:50 → LIH 17:39DL 428	12h 04m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DEN 12:29 → LAX 13:58DL 2148	52m Los Angeles	LAX 14:50 → LIH 17:39DL 428	9h 10m	71%	57%
Alaska Details →	DEN 08:40 → SEA 10:42AS 317	46m Seattle	SEA 11:28 → LIH 14:40AS 258	10h 00m	72%	48%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

LAX · 1h 11m · leaves 06:04 1%

SFO · 1h 18m · leaves 07:40 14%

LAS · 50m · leaves 07:40 24%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON