PDX to LIH flight delays
Portland, OR (PDX) Lihue, HI (LIH) · 2,630 miles
222 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
87.27%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
34 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
5 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 16.9 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 22.5 points more punctual than in January — 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.
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 Portland 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 January 2025 – August 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on PDX to LIH. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in January.
Every airline on PDX 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 222 | 87.27% | 0% | 34 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LIH to PDX Lihue back to Portland 85% on time BOther routes from Portland
Common questions
Are flights from Portland to Lihue usually delayed?
87.27% of flights on the PDX to LIH 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 Portland to Lihue?
Only Alaska Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 222 flights and 87.27% arriving on time.
How often are PDX to LIH flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Portland to Lihue?
April, when 96.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 74.2%.
When PDX to LIH flights are late, how late are they?
About 34 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 PDX to LIH 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 →