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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 86% on time.

Nonstops


Southwest	HNL	LIH	50m	93%	0.3%	1,770	Flying now
Alaska	HNL	LIH	41m	80%	2.2%	3,443	Flying now
Hawaiian	HNL	LIH	42m	88%	0.9%	2,509	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	HNL 09:50 → OGG 10:40WN 1851	3h 15m Kahului	OGG 13:55 → LIH 14:50WN 3101	5h 00m	100%	91%
Alaska Details →	HNL 06:00 → KOA 06:46AS 1018	1h 14m Kailua/Kona	KOA 08:00 → LIH 08:55AS 1029	2h 55m	98%	91%
Alaska Details →	HNL 08:50 → OGG 09:31AS 1056	2h 45m Kahului	OGG 12:16 → LIH 13:06AS 1049	4h 16m	100%	73%
Alaska Details →	HNL 11:24 → OGG 12:07AS 1086	3h 36m Kahului	OGG 15:43 → LIH 16:30AS 1269	5h 06m	100%	69%
Alaska Details →	HNL 10:59 → OGG 11:41AS 1076	2h 43m Kahului	OGG 14:24 → LIH 15:13AS 1159	4h 14m	99%	64%

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

KOA · 1h 14m · leaves 06:00 2%

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.


Alaska AS 1066 HNL 10:10 → OGG Southwest WN 3101 OGG 13:55 → LIH Connection details →	3h 03m	4h 40m	99%	89%
Southwest WN 574 HNL 08:05 → OGG Alaska AS 1049 OGG 12:16 → LIH Connection details →	3h 26m	5h 01m	100%	72%
Southwest WN 1930 HNL 12:20 → OGG Alaska AS 1269 OGG 15:43 → LIH Connection details →	2h 33m	4h 10m	100%	70%

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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