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$59 Find Cheap Flights from Lihue to Honolulu

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Lihue to Honolulu, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Everything you should know

Cheapest round-trip
$113
Overall average: $160
Alaska Airlines
Wed 4/15Wed 4/15
LIH - HNL • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$59
Typical prices: $70-$104
Southwest
Wed 5/6
LIH - HNL • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Lihue to Honolulu (LIH-HNL)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Lihue to Honolulu 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Lihue to Honolulu

Wed, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 15
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:58 pm - 3:46 pm
LIH
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HNL
0h 48mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:40 pm - 10:21 pm
HNL
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LIH
0h 41mnonstop
$113Alaska Airlines
Wed, May 13 - Wed, May 27
Southwest Logo
6:15 am - 6:55 am
LIH
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HNL
0h 40mnonstop
Southwest Logo
9:40 am - 10:30 am
HNL
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LIH
0h 50mnonstop
$118Southwest
Tue, May 19 - Tue, May 19
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 6:39 am
LIH
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HNL
0h 39mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:55 pm - 3:39 pm
HNL
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LIH
0h 44mnonstop
$123Alaska Airlines
Wed, May 13 - Wed, May 27
Southwest Logo
6:15 am - 6:55 am
LIH
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HNL
0h 40mnonstop
Southwest Logo
8:05 am - 2:15 pm
HNL
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LIH
6h 10m
1 stop
$124Southwest
Tue, May 19 - Tue, May 19
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:55 pm - 1:35 pm
LIH
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HNL
0h 40mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:06 pm - 6:48 pm
HNL
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LIH
0h 42mnonstop
$125Alaska Airlines
Wed, Apr 22 - Wed, Apr 29
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:10 pm - 6:47 pm
LIH
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HNL
0h 37mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 9:11 am
HNL
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LIH
0h 41mnonstop
$127Alaska Airlines
Tue, Apr 14 - Wed, Apr 22
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:47 am - 7:26 am
LIH
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HNL
0h 39mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:40 pm - 10:21 pm
HNL
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LIH
0h 41mnonstop
$128Alaska Airlines
Tue, Apr 7 - Tue, Apr 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:00 pm - 9:38 pm
LIH
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HNL
0h 38mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 8:26 am
HNL
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LIH
0h 41mnonstop
$129Alaska Airlines
Wed, May 20 - Thu, May 21
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:02 pm - 8:39 pm
LIH
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HNL
0h 37mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:21 am - 8:01 am
HNL
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LIH
0h 40mnonstop
$133Alaska Airlines
Wed, Apr 8 - Tue, Apr 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:00 pm - 9:38 pm
LIH
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HNL
0h 38mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:40 pm - 10:21 pm
HNL
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LIH
0h 41mnonstop
$134Alaska Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Lihue to Honolulu flights

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

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Lihue to Honolulu, look for departures on Fridays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Honolulu, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Friday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Lihue to Honolulu, 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 Honolulu is February, where tickets cost $150 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $185 and $180 respectively.

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

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 Honolulu, 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 Honolulu, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 28% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Lihue to Honolulu

 
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KAYAK teamed up with top travel experts to share the best tips for your journey.
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Low seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$59
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 12% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 5% increase in price.
Flight from Lihue to Honolulu

When to book flights from Lihue to Honolulu

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Lihue to Honolulu based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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Flights from Lihue to Honolulu: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Lihue to Honolulu 
RobertFlew with Hawaiian Airlines
LIH
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HNL
Jun 2025
Check in 24 hours prior and pay for luggage in advance to help expedite process
teresaFlew with Hawaiian Airlines
LIH
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HNL
Oct 2024
The flight is so short ! The hardest parts were returning our rental cars and getting our bags checked -nothing opened until 5 and we had a 6 am flight -we all got aboard but it was a challenge
StaceyFlew with Hawaiian Airlines
LIH
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HNL
Oct 2024
Give yourself more time than you would expect on a Saturday to get through check in. Also, the airport is hot, so be prepared.
Verified travelerFlew with Hawaiian Airlines
LIH
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HNL
May 2024
Being on the airport one hour bevor boarding is fine :)
Verified travelerFlew with Delta
LIH
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HNL
Feb 2024
If you are code-sharing with Delta you won’t be able to checkin online.
Verified travelerFlew with Delta
LIH
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HNL
Feb 2024
If code-sharing with Delta you may not be able to checkin online.

FAQs for booking flights from Lihue to Honolulu

  • What is the cheapest flight from Lihue to Honolulu?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Lihue to Honolulu was $59 for a one-way ticket and $113 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Lihue and Honolulu?

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Lihue to Honolulu?

    Lihue and Honolulu are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Lihue from Lihue and will be arriving at Honolulu.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Lihue to Honolulu?

    Alaska Airlines, Delta, Hawaiian Airlines, and American Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Lihue to Honolulu flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Lihue to Honolulu?

    The Boeing 717-200 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Lihue to Honolulu flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Lihue to Honolulu?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Lihue and Honolulu.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Lihue to Honolulu?

    There are nonstop flights from Lihue to Honolulu on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Lihue to Honolulu, Southwest or Alaska Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Lihue to Honolulu are Southwest and Alaska Airlines. With an average price for the route of $164 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Alaska Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $164 and an overall rating of 7.9.

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

    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 Honolulu.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Honolulu from Lihue 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 Honolulu?

    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 to Honolulu with an airline and back to Lihue with another airline. Booking your flights between Lihue and HNL can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

    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 to Honolulu from Lihue up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Lihue to Honolulu

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $82 or less one-way and $164 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Lihue to Honolulu?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Lihue to Honolulu.
Find which airlines fly direct from Lihue Airport to Honolulu Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Lihue to Honolulu

Monday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

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Tuesday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

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Wednesday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

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Thursday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Friday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Sunday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

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Direct returns

Honolulu to Lihue

Monday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Tuesday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Wednesday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Thursday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Friday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Saturday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

Sunday

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines,Southwest

Alaska Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Lihue to Honolulu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Lihue to Honolulu. 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 Honolulu? 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
SouthwestOverall score based on 4324 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

10.0 ExcellentMartie, Mar 2026
LGB - BNA
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Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

I flew twice this week on Southwest, was delayed over 2 hours both ways. From Pittsburgh to Chicago it was due to weather but the gate agents, pilot etc were great at updating everyone. Today from Midway to Pittsburgh the plane had come from an international location, kept getting delayed, no information was given until we were delayed for the third time. It was ridiculous, whoever scheduled that plane to fly to Pittsburgh after didn’t consider a lot of things.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

I was supposed to be on a later flight. When I showed up at the gate, the woman working there was extremely helpful getting moved up to this earlier flight.

We had a 5 hour delay on the tarmac in Baltimore

Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Kayak wouldn’t refund me for a flight I was trying to cancel through Kayak. Alaska airlines said I had to cancel through Kayak. I called the customer service line and they couldn’t refund the flight that I booked through Kayak either. You stole my money. You will be hearing from my lawyer.

Good overall. Except for 1 crew member, they were all great.

See previous. It was the flight from Honolulu to Kapalua that was cancelled.

Short trip from Honolulu to Kauai. Not a major issue. Only concern was the drop off of the luggage for departure. Only one person handling all of the passengers. She was busting her butt.

Good. Flight was good. Crew was good. Wish they offered coffee refills. Wish I didn’t have to pay for headphones. Otherwise good for a commercial flight.

Should have been forthcoming for reason for delay. Should have been able to check in for seat I'd like.

It was fine. It was a 30 minute flight so there was water or fruit juice and no food. Which was totally fine. The check in, gate and flight crew were all excellent.

Once again, Hawaiian Airlines upon checking in for our return flight, told us that we hadn’t paid for our extra comfort seats. This had happened on our incoming flight as well. Hawaiian Airlines had changed our flight and put us in standard seats. I sent them confirmation emails and receipts showing that I had paid for extra comfort seats and they ignored me and refused to accept my proof of payment. I ended up having to pay for our extra comfort seats again. On our return flight, once again, we were told we hadn’t paid for our extra comfort seats, which we had. I argued until a supervisor was summoned and researched further in their system and found that we had paid for them. If I hadn’t insisted, we would’ve been forced to buy our seats again or be assigned a standard seat. This kind of Customer Service is totally unacceptable. I would never use Hawaiian Airlines again if I have a choice.

The boarding was confusing because the PA system at PDX was so quiet you couldn’t hear anything being said . The seats were uncomfortable. The food was pretty bad and I normally don’t mind airplane food. The flight attendants were not friendly. I learned upon check in that Hawaiian airlines had reassigned our seats of the second leg of the trip. I had confirmed and paid for special seats but they put me and my companion on standard seats in different rows. Hawaiian also did the same on my return flight after the flight times had changed. I happened to go online to check my reservation and saw the flight had changed. I gad received no notice. I saw that my confirmed seats that I had paid extra were gone. After much back and forth with the airlines they refused to correct their error. I showed them confirmation documents of my seat reservation and receipt of payment but they refused to correct the seat change or reimburse me. I had to pay $200 again to reserve the original seats. Shameful and manipulative. They basically held me hostage. If I wanted to be in that flight I had to pay up.

I liked that internet connection while in flight was available.👍

Fabulous if you have a portable wheelchair. They can store it in the galley and you can just walk out with it. Really nice and the flat seats are just incredible, very nice. iPads for movies, also pretty nice,

The crew at Hawaiian Airlines was fantastic. Kind and hard working. The pilots were great with giving us all the updates to make sure we were informed.

Very good. Nice plane and we sat in economy plus - bigger seats, more room. They served a meal and snacks, and the meal was an apple stuffed pancake that was very good! The snack for us was a hummus sandwich - also very good. The flight attendants were helpful and nice. They have plenty of movies and shows to watch. My only negative -- they changed our flights around and did not adjust the layovers, so we ended up with a very long and unnecessary layover in Honolulu.

Flight scheduled to take off at 5.55pm but it did not take off until 7pm due to some food delivery delay.

Wasn’t on the flight due to Alaska cancellation…also after all the rerouting, I was going to be on a later flight that left SFO at 7:47pm, which meant an almost 6 hour layover. That same Hawaiian flight was delayed for another 2hours.

Everything was great and smooth. Given the short flight there was no entertainment but the rating does not give this option. My first flight with Hawaiian was a success all around.

comfortable but the food is horrible. I have flown Hawaiian several times now and no matter what they say the food is its the same squashed bread with melted goop inside. Tastes fake and isnt what they represent, its quite nasty. What happend to real food? And there is NO entertainment!! so not sure why they are asking for a review on that.

Very accommodating on flight changes when something came up. Definitely felt a notch above other airlines.

Hawaiian airlines has awful customer service. Told me to keep a flight I wasn’t boarding, instead of rebooking me under two separate reservations, which caused my whole reservation to be canceled. Major issues with leadership and management. The staff at Hilo was reluctant to give me a refund, so I had to by a first class ticket in order to get on a flight the same time as my partner. The blame was pointed at me without sincere apology until the supervisor came out, who also apparently had no authority to refund me. Still waiting on correspondence from the airline days later.

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

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