LIH to SJC flight delays
Lihue, HI (LIH) San Jose, CA (SJC) · 2,465 miles
165 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
70.73%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
49 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. SJC to LIH arrives on time 20.2 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. LIH as a whole runs 15.1 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Only Alaska 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 Lihue to San Jose run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on LIH to SJC. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in January.
Every airline on LIH to SJC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 165 | 70.73% | 0% | 49 min | D |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SJC to LIH San Jose back to Lihue 90.91% on time ACommon questions
Are flights from Lihue to San Jose usually delayed?
70.73% of flights on the LIH to SJC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Lihue to San Jose?
Only Alaska Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 165 flights and 70.73% arriving on time.
How often are LIH to SJC flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When LIH to SJC flights are late, how late are they?
About 49 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 SJC 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 →