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

The best bet has a stop: Southwest via Honolulu (7h 05m) reaches San Jose on time 93% of the time, against 72% on the nonstop.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	LIH	SJC	5h 11m	72%	0.0%	160	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	LIH 20:10 → LAS 05:00WN 2514	2h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 07:10 → SJC 08:40 +1WN 1160	9h 30m	100%	100%
Delta Details →	LIH 20:35 → LAX 05:10DL 435	2h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 07:55 → SJC 09:10 +1DL 4451 · flown by SkyWest	9h 35m	99%	97%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	LIH 21:15 → PHX 06:20AA 684	3h 20m Phoenix	PHX 09:40 → SJC 11:35 +1WN 3336	11h 20m	99%	95%
Southwest Details →	LIH 06:15 → HNL 06:55WN 2508	1h 20m Honolulu	HNL 08:15 → SJC 16:20WN 1940	7h 05m	100%	93%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	LIH 09:27 → OGG 10:16AS 1040	2h 19m Kahului	OGG 12:35 → SJC 20:25WN 3104	7h 58m	99%	89%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	LIH 22:00 → LAX 06:32UA 1612	2h 50m Los Angeles	LAX 09:22 → SJC 10:43 +1DL 2965	9h 43m	100%	89%
Southwest Details →	LIH 08:20 → HNL 09:05WN 2509	1h 55m Honolulu	HNL 11:00 → SJC 19:00WN 4994	7h 40m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	LIH 21:55 → SEA 06:44DL 375	1h 41m Seattle	SEA 08:25 → SJC 10:49 +1DL 3736 · flown by SkyWest	9h 54m	95%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	LIH 10:30 → OGG 11:19AS 1150	48m Kahului	OGG 12:07 → SJC 20:03AS 954	6h 33m	64%	47%

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 20m · leaves 06:15 0%

OGG · 48m · leaves 10:30 36%

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