Lihue, Kauai
LIH · PHLILihue Airport
Passengers a year
3.6M
#79 busiest in the U.S.
15
nonstop destinations
12
airlines
43
departures a day
83.3%
arrivals on time
0.9%
flights cancelled
84.0%
load factor
Airlines
Alaska Airlines is the largest carrier at Lihue, Kauai, with 30% of all passengers. 12 airlines fly from here.
Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport
Alaska Airlines holds 30% of the airport — the 65th most concentrated of 79 small hubs. The nearest comparison is PVD at 30%.
| Airline | Share | Passengers | Seats YoY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS Alaska82% full | 29.5% | 1.1M | 11 | 78% | +291.7% |
HA Hawaiian81% full | 27.6% | 1M | 6 | 86.5% | -43.3% |
WN Southwest83% full | 17.6% | 639.8K | 4 | 87.9% | -11.4% |
UA United88% full | 11.2% | 407.3K | 3 | 88.9% | +8.2% |
AA American86% full | 6.9% | 249.5K | 2 | 79.8% | -0.3% |
+Other airlines | 7.1% | 259.2K | — | — | — |
Share, passengers and destinations count each airline’s own flights plus the regional flying sold under its brand. On-time covers the airline's own aircraft only — regional affiliates report to the government separately. Seats year on year compares the latest twelve months against the twelve before them.
Destinations
14 domestic and 1 international nonstop destinations from Lihue, Kauai, across 2 countries.
100% domestic · 0% international · by departing passengers
Top domestic destinations
747.6K747,610 departing · 69% full
Hawaiian Airlines · Alaska Airlines · Southwest Airlines
238.2K238,182 departing · 86% full
Delta Air Lines · American Airlines · United Airlines · Hawaiian Airlines · Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines · Delta Air Lines
Hawaiian Airlines · Alaska Airlines · Southwest Airlines
111.7K111,709 departing · 84% full
United Airlines · Alaska Airlines
Southwest Airlines · Hawaiian Airlines · Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
United Airlines
Southwest Airlines
36.2K36,241 departing · 79% full
Hawaiian Airlines · Alaska Airlines
Top international destinations
Vancouver, Canada (YVR)
8.4K8,430 departing · 17.4K17,353 both ways
WestJet
All nonstop destinations
15 nonstop · 7 airlines · 14 domestic / 1 intl
Aircraft
By share of departures at Lihue, Kauai.
Body class · share of departures
- Narrowbody
7,182 departures · 74% full
46.0%
- Narrowbody
4,292 departures · 84% full
27.5%
- Narrowbody
2,284 departures · 84% full
14.6%
- Narrowbody
1,191 departures · 83% full
7.6%
- Narrowbody
628 departures · 88% full
4.0%
- Narrowbody
18 departures · 76% full
0.1%
Pilatus PC-12
12 departures · 48% full
0.1%
Gulfstream III
4 departures · 44% full
0.0%
Gulfstream Aerospace G500
1 departures · 18% full
0.0%
Bombardier Global 6000
1 departures · 15% full
0.0%
When Lihue, Kauai is busiest
Departures by month over the trailing year. Bars scale to the busiest month.
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Jul
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Departures a month · peak July 2025
Annual passengers since 1990
Total passengers, arriving and departing, in every year on record.
Passengers a year
Every year
- 1990
- 2,636,895
- 1991
- 2,503,769
- 1992
- 2,208,146
- 1993
- 1,729,816
- 1994
- 2,194,743
- 1995
- 2,249,673
- 1996
- 2,304,342
- 1997
- 2,294,493
- 1998
- 2,518,080
- 1999
- 2,637,485
- 2000
- 2,741,474
- 2001
- 2,537,823
- 2002
- 2,471,168
- 2003
- 2,416,391
- 2004
- 2,443,748
- 2005
- 2,485,365
- 2006
- 2,623,529
- 2007
- 2,876,581
- 2008
- 2,545,032
- 2009
- 2,417,820
- 2010
- 2,343,535
- 2011
- 2,404,736
- 2012
- 2,579,696
- 2013
- 2,630,435
- 2014
- 2,627,755
- 2015
- 2,741,704
- 2016
- 2,855,240
- 2017
- 3,050,761
- 2018
- 3,289,506
- 2019
- 3,259,788
- 2020
- 957,305
- 2021
- 2,070,268
- 2022
- 3,535,934
- 2023
- 3,631,025
- 2024
- 3,556,429
- 2025
- 3,648,449
- 2026
- 1,468,424 so far
Arriving on time
Of every 100 flights landing at Lihue, Kauai, 83 touch down within 15 minutes of schedule, 16 arrive late, and 1 is cancelled.
Every 100 arrivals
9 min
average delay
141
flights cancelled
15.5K
arrivals measured
What holds flights up
Share of delay minutes
Most reliable here
United Airlines 88.9%
Least reliable here
Alaska Airlines 78%
Among US airports
#79
On time, month by month
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Darker is better · 76.5%–89.7%
The weak spot is March 2026, when 76.5% of arrivals landed on time — 6.8 points below the year. The strongest was September 2025 at 89.7%.
Frequently asked
How busy is Lihue Airport (LIH)?
Lihue Airport handled about 3.6M passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #79 among U.S. airports by passengers, with roughly 43 departures a day.
Which airline is the largest at Lihue Airport (LIH)?
Alaska Airlines is the largest carrier at Lihue, Kauai (LIH), flying about 30% of its passengers. 12 airlines serve Lihue, Kauai in total.
How many places can you fly nonstop from Lihue Airport (LIH)?
Lihue, Kauai (LIH) has 15 nonstop destinations — 14 domestic and 1 international across 2 countries.
How often do flights arrive on time at Lihue Airport (LIH)?
About 83.3% of flights arriving at Lihue, Kauai (LIH) touch down within 15 minutes of schedule, per US DOT figures. About 0.9% are cancelled.
What aircraft flies most from Lihue Airport (LIH)?
The Boeing 717-200 flew the largest share of departures from Lihue, Kauai (LIH), about 46% of the total.
Departing counts passengers leaving Lihue, Kauai; international destinations also show both directions. Data: traffic June 2025 – May 2026, on-time July 2025 – June 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment, On-Time Performance).