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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 4% of the time at 7 am and 35% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	KOA	LIH	55m	94%	0.5%	212	Flying now
Hawaiian	KOA	LIH	57m	93%	0.7%	153	Not 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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	KOA 06:05 → HNL 06:55WN 2166	2h 45m Honolulu	HNL 09:40 → LIH 10:30WN 1921	4h 25m	100%	98%
Southwest Details →	KOA 15:35 → HNL 16:30WN 2169	50m Honolulu	HNL 17:20 → LIH 18:05WN 2349	2h 30m	98%	97%
Alaska Details →	KOA 06:00 → HNL 06:47AS 1017	2h 28m Honolulu	HNL 09:15 → LIH 09:56AS 1183	3h 56m	100%	96%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	KOA 09:19 → OGG 09:55AS 1039	4h 00m Kahului	OGG 13:55 → LIH 14:50WN 3101	5h 31m	100%	91%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	KOA 16:33 → HNL 17:20AS 1127	3h 20m Honolulu	HNL 20:40 → LIH 21:25WN 1925	4h 52m	99%	87%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	KOA 08:05 → HNL 08:55WN 2167	1h 49m Honolulu	HNL 10:44 → LIH 11:26AS 1053	3h 21m	98%	83%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	KOA 09:44 → HNL 10:32AS 1037	2h 53m Honolulu	HNL 13:25 → LIH 14:15WN 1923	4h 31m	99%	81%
Alaska Details →	KOA 08:31 → HNL 09:19AS 1027	2h 07m Honolulu	HNL 11:26 → LIH 12:09AS 1063	3h 38m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	KOA 17:02 → HNL 17:49AS 1137	1h 01m Honolulu	HNL 18:50 → LIH 19:31AS 1153	2h 29m	75%	59%
Alaska Details →	KOA 16:33 → HNL 17:20AS 1127	48m Honolulu	HNL 18:08 → LIH 18:49AS 1143	2h 16m	65%	47%
Alaska Details →	KOA 14:34 → HNL 15:23AS 1097	58m Honolulu	HNL 16:21 → LIH 17:02AS 1113	2h 28m	68%	43%

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

HNL · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

HNL · 53m · leaves 17:51 35%

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