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 83% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	OAK	LIH	5h 26m	91%	2.3%	176	Flying now
Southwest	OAK	LIH	5h 35m	75%	0.0%	364	Flying now
Hawaiian	OAK	LIH	5h 29m	95%	0.8%	119	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 (Lihue is 3 h behind Oakland). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	OAK 11:25 → HNL 13:45WN 2879	3h 35m Honolulu	HNL 17:20 → LIH 18:05WN 2349	9h 40m	100%	98%
Southwest Details →	OAK 05:00 → LAS 06:30WN 2325	2h 55m Las Vegas	LAS 09:25 → LIH 12:45WN 2262	10h 45m	100%	84%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 05:45 → DEN 09:15WN 3041	2h 45m Denver	DEN 12:00 → LIH 15:37UA 2307	12h 52m	100%	84%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 05:10 → PHX 07:05WN 3066	3h 44m Phoenix	PHX 10:49 → LIH 14:36AA 697	12h 26m	98%	82%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 08:25 → HNL 10:59AS 847	2h 26m Honolulu	HNL 13:25 → LIH 14:15WN 1923	8h 50m	97%	81%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 13:20 → LAX 14:45WN 4978	2h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 17:15 → LIH 20:14UA 1104	9h 54m	86%	79%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	OAK 10:22 → SEA 12:26AS 705	3h 29m Seattle	SEA 15:55 → LIH 19:02DL 345	11h 40m	99%	73%
Alaska Details →	OAK 07:00 → OGG 09:17AS 923	2h 59m Kahului	OGG 12:16 → LIH 13:06AS 1049	9h 06m	100%	72%

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.

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 13m · leaves 14:55 25%

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