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 85% on time.

Nonstops


Delta	LIH	LAX	5h 35m	92%	1.9%	365	Flying now
United	LIH	LAX	5h 32m	92%	0.0%	380	Flying now
American	LIH	LAX	5h 41m	86%	0.0%	422	Flying now
Alaska	LIH	LAX	5h 36m	72%	0.9%	235	Flying now
Southwest	LIH	LAX	5h 30m	91%few flights	0.0%	23	Flying now
Hawaiian	LIH	LAX	5h 36m	66%	0.0%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	LIH 19:10 → HNL 19:50WN 664	1h 00m Honolulu	HNL 20:50 → LAX 05:15 +1WN 4082	7h 05m	98%	95%
Southwest Details →	LIH 21:10 → OAK 05:20WN 2523	3h 55m Oakland	OAK 09:15 → LAX 10:40 +1WN 4903	10h 30m	100%	94%
Southwest Details →	LIH 20:10 → LAS 05:00WN 2514	1h 55m Las Vegas	LAS 06:55 → LAX 08:10 +1WN 2251	9h 00m	98%	90%
United Details →	LIH 19:35 → DEN 06:28UA 2308	1h 32m Denver	DEN 08:00 → LAX 09:32 +1UA 1638	10h 57m	99%	89%
American Details →	LIH 21:15 → PHX 06:20AA 684	1h 40m Phoenix	PHX 08:00 → LAX 09:34 +1AA 1892	9h 19m	97%	85%
United Details →	LIH 22:44 → SFO 06:56UA 1685	1h 54m San Francisco	SFO 08:50 → LAX 10:34 +1UA 1896	8h 50m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	LIH 21:55 → SEA 06:44DL 375	3h 21m Seattle	SEA 10:05 → LAX 12:54 +1DL 2769	11h 59m	98%	79%
Southwest Details →	LIH 08:20 → HNL 09:05WN 2509	3h 50m Honolulu	HNL 12:55 → LAX 21:20WN 1916	10h 00m	100%	78%

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 17m · leaves 11:14 7%

PHX · 55m · leaves 21:15 8%

Afternoon and evening

HNL · 1h 00m · leaves 19:10 2%

SFO · 1h 05m · leaves 13:17 10%

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.


Southwest WN 2509 LIH 08:20 → HNL United UA 1103 HNL 11:10 → LAX Connection details →	2h 05m	8h 27m	100%	96%
Alaska AS 1124 LIH 16:52 → HNL Southwest WN 4082 HNL 20:50 → LAX Connection details →	3h 21m	9h 23m	99%	92%
Southwest WN 2514 LIH 20:10 → LAS Delta DL 553 LAS 06:48 → LAX Connection details →	1h 48m	8h 50m	98%	92%

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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