Los Angeles (LAX) – Līhuʻe (LIH)
- Distance
- 4,209 km
- 2,615 mi · 2,272 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 53 min / 5 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → LIH / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 492 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (291 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 497,894
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.9%
- Flights / week
- 60
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 583,140 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- AA, DL, UA
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 LAX
- 263°
- Heading from LIH
- 63°
- Halfway point
- 29.54, -140.06
- Great-circle km
- 4,203 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → LIH
- 5 h 27 min
- In the air LIH → LAX
- 5 h 4 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 48,497 |
| Sep 2025 | 35,700 |
| Oct 2025 | 37,999 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,521 |
| Dec 2025 | 38,300 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,974 |
| Feb 2026 | 26,669 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,893 |
| Apr 2026 | 39,227 |
| May 2026 | 43,766 |
| Jun 2026 | 58,117 |
| Jul 2026 | 65,231 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 286 |
| Sep 2025 | 226 |
| Oct 2025 | 231 |
| Nov 2025 | 228 |
| Dec 2025 | 266 |
| Jan 2026 | 206 |
| Feb 2026 | 176 |
| Mar 2026 | 247 |
| Apr 2026 | 254 |
| May 2026 | 274 |
| Jun 2026 | 347 |
| Jul 2026 | 402 |
Airlines flying LAX–LIH nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 16 | 28% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 14 | 25% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 15 | 21% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 8.9 | 15% |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 5.8 | 10% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 0.9 | 1% |
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
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 2,067 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 816 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 221 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 31 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 8 flights
Also carried: 217 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 83.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 3,156
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 80.5% | 15 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 92.2% | 4 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 86.9% | 10 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 72.8% | 13 min |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 76.4% | 11 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 95.7% | 2 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 53% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 12% · weather 2% · 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: 4,203 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.