Tickets
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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 9 in 10 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Southwest LIH OAK 5h 10m 97% 0.0% 365 Flying now
Alaska LIH OAK 5h 10m 79% 0.6% 176 Flying now
Hawaiian LIH OAK 5h 14m 82% 0.8% 119 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Ranked by chance you reach Oakland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Oakland is 3 h ahead of Lihue). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.

SouthwestDetails → LIH 19:10 → HNL 19:50WN 664 1h 40m Honolulu HNL 21:30 → OAK 05:35 +1WN 1928 7h 25m 100% 97%
SouthwestDetails → LIH 20:10 → LAS 05:00WN 2514 2h 35m Las Vegas LAS 07:35 → OAK 09:10 +1WN 5052 10h 00m 100% 92%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails → LIH 21:15 → PHX 06:20AA 684 3h 20m Phoenix PHX 09:40 → OAK 11:35 +1WN 2680 11h 20m 99% 91%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails → LIH 22:00 → LAX 06:32UA 1612 2h 28m Los Angeles LAX 09:00 → OAK 10:20 +1WN 3014 9h 20m 100% 83%
AlaskaDetails → LIH 08:22 → HNL 08:59AS 1024 3h 16m Honolulu HNL 12:15 → OAK 20:25AS 848 9h 03m 100% 76%
AlaskaDetails → LIH 09:27 → OGG 10:16AS 1040 2h 46m Kahului OGG 13:02 → OAK 21:00AS 924 8h 33m 99% 75%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails → LIH 22:28 → SEA 07:12AS 213 3h 13m Seattle SEA 10:25 → OAK 12:35 +1WN 1713 11h 07m 97% 47%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails → LIH 10:46 → SAN 19:24AS 228 1h 36m San Diego SAN 21:00 → OAK 22:35WN 4841 8h 49m 78% 35%

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