Honolulu (HNL) – Līhuʻe (LIH)
- Distance
- 163 km
- 101 mi · 88 nm
- Flight time
- 44 min / 39 min
- Average gate to gate: HNL → LIH / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 37 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (22 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,450,225
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −6.3%
- Flights / week
- 294
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 67%
- 2,149,575 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AS, HA, WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from HNL
- 297°
- Heading from LIH
- 116°
- Halfway point
- 21.65, -158.63
- Great-circle km
- 163 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HNL → LIH
- 23 min
- In the air LIH → HNL
- 22 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 135,940 |
| Sep 2025 | 111,248 |
| Oct 2025 | 123,375 |
| Nov 2025 | 116,555 |
| Dec 2025 | 119,071 |
| Jan 2026 | 117,732 |
| Feb 2026 | 110,396 |
| Mar 2026 | 124,197 |
| Apr 2026 | 112,540 |
| May 2026 | 120,029 |
| Jun 2026 | 124,204 |
| Jul 2026 | 134,938 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,360 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,248 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,282 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,255 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,313 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,376 |
| Feb 2026 | 1,139 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,237 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,217 |
| May 2026 | 1,283 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,234 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,324 |
Airlines flying HNL–LIH nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 130 | 44% |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 96 | 32% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68 | 24% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 717-200 · 11,244 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 3,486 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 477 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 55 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 3 flights
- Pilatus PC-12 · 3 flights
Also carried: 1,458 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 84.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 8 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Flights counted
- 15,447
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 78.2% | 11 min |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 86.3% | 7 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 93.9% | 4 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 51% · air traffic system 7% · weather 7% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 163 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.