The flight time from Los Angeles to Lihue is 5 hours, 54 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 2 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 30 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LIH Lihue, HI 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
93%
United
89%
Hawaiian
87%
American
85%
Southwest
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Lihue is 5 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 30 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Lihue is 2615 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Lihue to Los Angeles
5 hours, 25 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
5h 48m
Delta
5h 49m
Hawaiian
5h 53m
American
5h 57m
United
5h 58m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

31

Distance

2615 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Hawaiian
7
American
7
United
7
Delta
6
Southwest
3

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Lihue by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Lihue by plane is 2615 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Lihue?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Lihue is 5 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 30 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 5 hours, 48 minutes, and United the slowest taking 5 hours, 58 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Lihue?

American, Hawaiian, Southwest, Delta, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Lihue.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Lihue?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Lihue (LIH). On average, they have 3 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Los Angeles 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 330 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Lihue 9 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Los Angeles to Lihue, Delta is 93% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 93% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 93% 7% 0%
United 89% 11% 0%
Hawaiian 87% 12% 1%
American 85% 15% 0%
Southwest 78% 22% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Lihue, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 13 329 4 348
Delta 14 327 5 349
Hawaiian 14 332 5 353
American 19 331 6 357
United 23 330 5 358

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
4pm 0.07
2pm 0.34
12pm 0.16
10am 0.28
8am 1.04
11am 0.08
9am 1.53
1pm 0.5
3pm 0.48

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Lihue that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 119
February 108
March 143
April 146
May 150
June 153
July 160
August 159
September 125
October 128
November 124
December 125

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Lihue that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 4.48
Tuesday 4.06
Wednesday 4.48
Thursday 4.5
Friday 4.5
Saturday 4.96
Sunday 4.56

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Hawaiian 0
American 0
United 0
Delta 0
Southwest 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
4pm 15 327 5 351
2pm 14 333 6 354
12pm 16 333 6 357
10am 18 327 6 355
8am 19 334 5 359
11am 19 328 6 358
9am 17 329 5 354
1pm 13 328 5 349
3pm 14 323 5 343
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.