LIH to DEN flight delays
Lihue, HI (LIH) Denver, CO (DEN) · 3,414 miles
379 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
96.43%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.17%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
58 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
2 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.17% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
Flights from Lihue to Denver are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
The two directions do not behave alike. DEN to LIH arrives on time 12.6 points less 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from LIH overall run 10.6 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion LIH has, this route is largely escaping it.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on LIH to DEN. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in March.
Every airline on LIH to DEN
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 | 379 | 96.43% | 3.17% | 58 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DEN to LIH Denver back to Lihue 83.83% on time BOther routes from Lihue
Common questions
Are flights from Lihue to Denver usually delayed?
96.43% of flights on the LIH to DEN route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Lihue to Denver?
Only United Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 379 flights and 96.43% arriving on time.
How often are LIH to DEN flights cancelled?
3.17% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 32 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Lihue to Denver?
August, when 100% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 87.9%.
When LIH to DEN flights are late, how late are they?
About 58 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 LIH to DEN during January 2025 – August 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 →