DEN to LIH flight delays
Denver, CO (DEN) Lihue, HI (LIH) · 3,414 miles
758 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.22%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.92%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
60 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 26.8 points more punctual than in February — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. LIH to DEN arrives on time 12.7 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only United Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Denver to Lihue keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on DEN to LIH. Flights ran closest to schedule in January and worst in February.
Every airline on DEN to LIH
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 758 | 83.22% | 0.92% | 60 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LIH to DEN Lihue back to Denver 95.95% on time AOther routes from Denver
- DEN → PHX · Phoenix C
- DEN → LAX · Los Angeles C
- DEN → SLC · Salt Lake City C
- DEN → LAS · Las Vegas C
- DEN → SEA · Seattle C
- DEN → ORD · Chicago D
- DEN → DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth D
- DEN → MSP · Minneapolis C
- DEN → SAN · San Diego C
- DEN → ATL · Atlanta C
- DEN → SFO · San Francisco D
- DEN → COS · Colorado Springs D
Common questions
Are flights from Denver to Lihue usually delayed?
83.22% of flights on the DEN to LIH route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Denver to Lihue?
Only United Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 758 flights and 83.22% arriving on time.
How often are DEN to LIH flights cancelled?
0.92% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 9 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Denver to Lihue?
May, when 93.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 66.7%.
When DEN to LIH flights are late, how late are they?
About 60 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DEN to LIH during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →