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Flights from Lihue, Kauai (LIH)

Airlines flew 15,599 departures out of Lihue Airport (LIH) carrying 1,814,918 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.

What flies from Lihue, Kauai

US DOT T-100 · filed data

What airlines actually flew out of Lihue, Kauai — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.

Departures

15,599

April 2026

Seats flown

2,387,628

Passengers

1,814,918

Load factor

76.0%

passengers ÷ seats

Busiest routes from Lihue, Kauai

Where flights from Lihue, Kauai go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.

  • LIHHNL

    7,779 departures · 753,427 passengers

    69.5%

    Load

  • LIHLAX

    1,475 departures · 236,100 passengers

    86.4%

    Load

  • LIHOGG

    1,454 departures · 127,226 passengers

    63.1%

    Load

  • LIHSEA

    1,075 departures · 154,823 passengers

    84.3%

    Load

  • LIHSFO

    774 departures · 108,391 passengers

    84.9%

    Load

  • LIHOAK

    655 departures · 98,294 passengers

    82.8%

    Load

  • LIHPHX

    382 departures · 65,222 passengers

    87.2%

    Load

  • LIHKOA

    366 departures · 36,026 passengers

    78.1%

    Load

  • LIHDEN

    366 departures · 58,473 passengers

    90.8%

    Load

  • LIHLAS

    364 departures · 56,575 passengers

    88.8%

    Load

  • LIHSAN

    275 departures · 35,563 passengers

    81.0%

    Load

  • LIHSMF

    208 departures · 30,768 passengers

    78.3%

    Load

  • LIHPDX

    177 departures · 23,969 passengers

    84.6%

    Load

  • LIHSJC

    168 departures · 21,301 passengers

    79.8%

    Load

  • LIHYVR

    66 departures · 8,430 passengers

    73.4%

    Load

Airlines at Lihue, Kauai

Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Lihue, Kauai.

Aircraft flown from Lihue, Kauai

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.

  • Boeing 717-200

    7,239 departures · 74.4% load

    46.4%

    Share

  • Boeing 737 MAX 8

    4,225 departures · 70.6% load

    27.1%

    Share

  • Airbus A321neo

    2,268 departures · 82.3% load

    14.5%

    Share

  • Boeing 737-800

    1,203 departures · 82.9% load

    7.7%

    Share

  • Boeing 757-200

    628 departures · 87.7% load

    4.0%

    Share

  • Boeing 737 MAX 9

    19 departures · 78.0% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • Pilatus PC-12

    11 departures · 47.1% load

    0.1%

    Share

  • Gulfstream III

    4 departures · 44.4% load

    0.0%

    Share

  • Gulfstream Aerospace G500

    1 departures · 18.2% load

    0.0%

    Share

  • Bombardier Global 6000

    1 departures · 15.4% load

    0.0%

    Share

Monthly departures from Lihue, Kauai

Monthly departures from Lihue, Kauai, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.

  • May 2025

    1,338 departures · 153,188 passengers

    75.1%

    Load

  • June 2025

    1,341 departures · 167,562 passengers

    81.8%

    Load

  • July 2025

    1,396 departures · 180,095 passengers

    84.3%

    Load

  • August 2025

    1,350 departures · 169,054 passengers

    81.9%

    Load

  • September 2025

    1,221 departures · 134,741 passengers

    72.0%

    Load

  • October 2025

    1,254 departures · 146,788 passengers

    76.5%

    Load

  • November 2025

    1,217 departures · 132,926 passengers

    72.1%

    Load

  • December 2025

    1,379 departures · 145,211 passengers

    68.9%

    Load

  • January 2026

    1,333 departures · 147,947 passengers

    74.1%

    Load

  • February 2026

    1,152 departures · 131,528 passengers

    74.3%

    Load

  • March 2026

    1,322 departures · 153,883 passengers

    74.3%

    Load

  • April 2026

    1,296 departures · 151,995 passengers

    75.7%

    Load

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.