$117 Find Cheap Flights from Lihue to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Lihue

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$342
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$293
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$297
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$297
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$435
Reno
Reno1 stop$407
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$326
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$342
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$293
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$297
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$297
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$435
Reno
Reno1 stop$407
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$326

Cheap Flights from Lihue to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Lihue to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Lihue to California

Wed, Aug 13 - Wed, Aug 27
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
1:40 pm - 9:50 pmLIH-OAK
5h 10mnonstop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 12:14 pmOAK-LIH
5h 29mnonstop
$278Hawaiian Airlines
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Thu, Aug 21 - Mon, Aug 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:11 pm - 9:23 pmLIH-OAK
5h 12mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:01 am - 11:18 amOAK-LIH
7h 17m1 stop
$283Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Aug 28 - Tue, Sep 9
Delta Logo
8:28 pm - 9:18 amLIH-SAN
9h 50m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:30 am - 7:03 pmSAN-LIH
14h 33m1 stop
$297Delta
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Wed, Aug 27 - Sun, Aug 31
United Airlines Logo
12:57 pm - 9:12 pmLIH-SFO
5h 15mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 11:25 amSFO-LIH
5h 40mnonstop
$327United Airlines
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Fri, Aug 29 - Wed, Sep 3
Delta Logo
9:40 pm - 2:40 pmLIH-SAN
14h 00m1 stop
Delta Logo
11:05 am - 7:03 pmSAN-LIH
10h 58m1 stop
$327Delta
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Sat, Sep 13 - Sun, Oct 5
United Airlines Logo
11:10 pm - 7:25 amLIH-SFO
5h 15mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
5:15 pm - 7:55 pmSFO-LIH
5h 40mnonstop
$333United Airlines
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Thu, Aug 28 - Tue, Sep 9
Southwest Logo
8:15 am - 8:55 pmLIH-SAN
9h 40m1 stop
Southwest Logo
10:30 am - 6:10 pmSAN-LIH
10h 40m2 stops
$351Southwest
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Thu, Sep 4 - Sun, Sep 7
Southwest Logo
7:05 pm - 5:40 amLIH-LAX
7h 35m1 stop
Southwest Logo
7:25 am - 6:10 pmLAX-LIH
13h 45m1 stop
$352Southwest
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Sun, Nov 2 - Mon, Nov 10
American Airlines Logo
10:11 pm - 11:30 amLIH-LAS
11h 19m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:29 pmLAS-LIH
8h 29m1 stop
$368American Airlines
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Thu, Oct 30 - Mon, Nov 10
American Airlines Logo
9:40 pm - 8:56 amLIH-LAS
8h 16m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:29 pmLAS-LIH
8h 29m1 stop
$382American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Lihue to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Lihue to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Lihue to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Lihue to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Lihue found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $179 round-trip. The most popular route is from Lihue (LIH) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $206.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Lihue to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $636 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Lihue to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Lihue to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Lihue to California is October, when tickets cost $317 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $539 and $510 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Lihue to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Lihue to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Lihue to California, you should consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Lihue, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Lihue to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Lihue to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Lihue to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonFebruary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$117
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 0% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
Flight from Lihue to Oakland

Flights from Lihue to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Lihue to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesLIH-SMFOct 2024
Get to the airport early. Long line through security.
SusanFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesLIH-OAKAug 2024
That they willlet you check your carry ons the gate sometimes
Verified travelerFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesLIH-OAKMay 2024
Bring some food and be prepared for seat changes.

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Lihue to California?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Lihue to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Lihue to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Lihue to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Lihue to California?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Lihue to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Lihue to California?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Lihue to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $351 on average. Morning departures are around 10% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $475.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Lihue to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $255 one-way - $239 round-trip; San Diego $274 one-way - $413 round-trip; San Francisco $301 one-way - $382 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Lihue to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Lihue to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Lihue to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.8Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.1Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.1Food
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Good experience, although it was a little cramped being a tall person. Otherwise everything went smoothly and professionally though

8.0 ExcellentTim, Jun 2025SEA - SAN
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Good experience, although it was a little cramped being a tall person. Otherwise everything went smoothly and professionally though

Delay of more than 3 hours I didnt recieve neither a voucher for food Attention disaster

I'm a platinum member with American Airlines, however, my ticket did not display status and thus I did not board with an early group. I traveled with my two daughters and we were given a row of seats that did not recline. Not the treatment I would have expected for a platinum customer. The flight was also a bit late leaving Portland. Also on my flight to Portland we were not given premium seats. In fact, we were in the last row of the aircraft.

The seats in first class are very dated and quite uncomfortable. I don’t need lie-flat seats for a 6 hour flight, but more recline is really necessary.

One of the stewardess, Tre, went above and beyond to ensure my comfort!

Alaska app and website had numerous problems so couldn’t get boarding passes or check seats

Flight was very warm. It felt like there was no working AC.

Big delay of over 7 hours on next leg of trip with Alaska. Would have been nice to have food or something

Very good. Gate personnel were excellent flight attendants were also able to change my seat at the last minute everyone, courteous, polite, and.

Passengers were not informed timely of delays. The staff appeared like they didn't really care about the passengers.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

I DID NOT GO TO HAWAII ON HAWAIIAN AIRLINES. YOU DID NOT INFORM ME THAT BY CHOOSING BASIC ECONOMY, I MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO FLY STANDBY. I AM ELDERLY AS WAS MY COMPANION WHO IS ALSO SEVERELY DISABLED AND THERE WOULD BE NO WAY WE COULD TRAVEL ON STANDBY. THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THE BASIC ECONOMY SEATS HAD BEEN SELECTED BY OTHER PASSENGERS AND WE HAD TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $942 TO GET A SECURED SEAT ON THE PLAN AND, IN SPITE OF THE ADDITIONAL COST, WE WERE NOT ALLOW US TO AMEND OUR TRAVEL PLANS TO EXTEND OUR VACATION. ULTIMATELY, THE FLIGHT WAS DELAYED. WE WERE OFFERED A REFUND IF WE CANCELED OUR TRIP ALTOGETHER WHICH WE DID. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO INFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THEY MAY FACE, AND YOU DID NOT DO SO. I WILL NOT UTILIZE YOUR SERVICES EVER AGAIN.

Half of my family members didn’t make it because they involuntary bumped off . And their seats where given away

Hawaiian Airlines staff is always professional & quick & easy check in & boarding process

Really enjoyed their food treats, staff was friendly and they kept our seats together, check in was excellent, boarding passes uploaded to my wallet! I would definitely recommend Hawaiian airlines to friends and family! 🌺

Great service, fast internet, got a lot of work done during the flight.

Cheap food no options for vegans, no entertainment, no snacks. Too much advertisement about their credit card. Next flight will be Delta Airlines.

All in All a great experience. Cost of luggage sucks … first time I ever had to pay for luggage. Otherwise the check in counter was awesome, the gate clerks were great and the Stewards & Esses were the best.

Love Hawaiian you can’t go wrong, still provides you good drinks and little snack at the end

No tv’s. Had to walk 45 minutes to connect to next flight. Couldn’t get dinner as a result. Ended up eating pretzels until I felt sick.

Overall a great experience. The starlink internet was amazing addition.

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

This was a horrible experience. For a first class experience, my chair was held together by 3M tape - and I have a photo. The crew weren’t very attentive, somewhat dismissive and forgot my drink and snack, the chair reclined about 3 inches on a 6-hour cross country flight. I was also not informed that there was no lounge available in Newark airport because of renovations, so all around this was one of the worst experiences and I would actively avoid both American and Alaska Air going forward.

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

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