$118 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$277
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$287
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$332
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$277
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$596
Reno
Reno1 stop$427

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Low season

November

High season

October

Cheapest flight

$118
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
Flight from Lihue to Los Angeles

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.
Verified travelerFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesLIH-OAKMay 2024
Bring some food and be prepared for seat changes.
Verified travelerFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesLIH-OAKJan 2024
Appreciated that Hawaiian airlines offered a non stop flight and the times were convenient.

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How long is the flight to California from Lihue?

    Flights to San Jose0h 00m
    Flights to Oakland5h 21m
    Flights to Sacramento0h 00m
    Flights to Los Angeles5h 48m
    Flights to San Diego0h 00m
  • What is the cheapest flight to California from Lihue?

    The cheapest ticket to California from Lihue found in the last 72 hours was $118 one-way, and $277 round-trip. The most popular route is from Lihue to Oakland, and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $129.

  • Which airlines fly to California?

    Hawaiian Airlines flies most frequently to Oakland from Lihue. In general, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines and Avianca fly the most to California.

  • 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.

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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 $231 one-way - $276 round-trip; San Diego $238 one-way - $275 round-trip; San Francisco $289 one-way - $419 round-trip
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be May, June and July. The cheapest month to fly from Lihue is February.
  • Morning departure is around 6% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

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 9681 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.1Entertainment
7.1Food
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
Airline reviews

The confusion from Alaskan Airlines to American, no one at the front desk of Alaskan told me I didn't have a flight, which made me miss my flight that was transferred over to American TERRIBLE customer service at Alaskan!! American Airlines was a great experience. Alaskan TERRIBLE!

2.0 MediocreJerome, Jan 2025RDU - LAX
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The confusion from Alaskan Airlines to American, no one at the front desk of Alaskan told me I didn't have a flight, which made me miss my flight that was transferred over to American TERRIBLE customer service at Alaskan!! American Airlines was a great experience. Alaskan TERRIBLE!

I paid $49 to select my seat---6A a window seat just behind first class. When I started to get on the plane I was told that my seat had been given to someone else and I now had a middle seat. They finally gave me an aisle seat. When I told them I wanted my $49 back, I was told I would need to call alaska and fight with them to get my money back. And when i was on the flight people going by kept hitting me with their bags. I have tried calling alaska twice to talk about a refund but never got thru to the right person!

Easier to file a claim. My fiancé got the flu and we had to cancel. ive been given the run around filing a claim. Call me at 831.588.4346 with a live agent please

Small dirty plane for a 5 and1/2 hr flight. No food no entertainment

All 4 members of my family found the seats terribly uncomfortable. 2 of us suffered from back issues the next few days.

Plane had a maintenance problem two hours into the flight and we had to turn around. Alaska was nice to put us up in the Hilton in LAX but the cost of food in the city was WAY higher than our vouchers and the hotel had no continental breakfast. We ended up spending over $100 on food for our family in addition to the vouchers.

Check-in was easy, I did it from the app. Boarding was easy, the crew was great. Santa Barbara airport had a disabled plane so we had to land in Burbank to refuel. They kept us well informed, and everyone was great. A very entertaining person from the Burbank airport got on and told a few jokes.

I appreciate the priority for safety. I did not enjoy how the delays were handled.

Delays, delays, delays.... (and) Told no room for carry on after boarding B Group and told to drop off our carry on at door to be checked in instead. There was plenty of room left in the overheads above our seats right up to the end of boarding!!!!

It went very quickly even though we were late in leaving Fresno.

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.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

Meh. A late flight meant I missed my connections, and a 2pm LAX arrival turned into gettin in after midnight.

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

Food can be more healthy instead of processed. Crew was friendly and courteous. Our flight time changed so they gave us extra comfort seats which was very nice.

Starlink is a big plus and great customer service - boarding agent and the flight attendants

Everyone great! Did not sitting behind the flight attendant jumpsuit. Nowhere to put my bag or feet.

The return flight was 1.5 hours behind. Also some passengers lost their luggage or was delayed.

Arrival was not good - waited on the tarmac after landing for nearly an hour

The food. It was nice having a meal provided, but I wasn't able to eat it.

Very comfortable and friendly staff! I love flying Hawaiian! I wish they had the screens on the back of the headrests for watching movies, but NO OTHER AIRLINE comes close to the customer service of Hawaiian air. Its worth the trade off of not having movies on the screen.

Boarding was efficient and there was enough overhead space. Passengers were cooperative about helping each other out. I think folks are happy about going to Hawaii.

The new 787 was awesome! So updated and with the times! Very upstate! Hawaiian is very service oriented and you feel the Aloha!

First time in a long time and look forward to many more

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Boarding always seems a bit chaotic. Seat spacing could leave more for leg room.

Good flight. On time. Boarding and seating was easy. Crew were really friendly, yet professional. Bathroom (by cockpit) was small but serviceable. Some the seats were showing some notable wear & tear, but were comfy. Very happy UA customer. TY! 🤛🏽💗

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

We had to wait almost an hour for the wheelchair porter to be ready to pick up my mother. And when she arrived in Newark airport the porter was not there and she started walking with her cane and her poor mobility. When the Newark porter found her they didn't want to transfer her bags to the wheelchair for her.

Great onboard crew. Boarding was a zoo, I got in line before pre boarding in Group 2, still had my bag force checked. WiFi was glitchy all flight. Seat and bathroom are both tiny unless you pay $$$ for first class.

Cabin was pitch black, even during meal service. The reading lights for seat 2E/F did not work, and seat 2E did not recline.

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

AA is always pretty solid. Was on time all the way around today so can’t complain!

My boarding pass wouldn't pull up in the app very easily and had to really dig through my email. That caused a delay in TSA..

RE Food: Wish there was a choice for No Rating. Flew from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a Red-Eye flight (11:00 pm to 7:30 am). Other than a package of cookies with a beverage choice offered soon after take-off, and a beverage choice shortly before landing, no other food choices were offered. Everyone slept or rested for most of the trip. Nothing to rate. RE Entertainment: Everyone was sleeping most of the flight. Only saw one passenger watch about 30 minutes of entertainment on his iPad. I never attempted to access any entertainment options.

Baby cried a lot. Nothing anyone could do about it. Just part of flying.

For coast to coast travel the A321 and even the NEO, even in first class will never be excellent. That would take a B787 or 777 to accomplish.

The flight crew was fantastic! Which the seats had a small TV.

The foot ottoman cushion was missing on my business class seat.. the hydraulics is on its last leg & seat cushions do not have support or paddling. Heavily dented by butts

also wi-fi never worked attendant said satellite coverage is spotty over water ..... but we were over land!

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights from Lihue to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
2/14Fri
1 stopDelta
10h 03mLIH-SJC
2/23Sun
1 stopDelta
8h 34mSJC-LIH
$277
2/14Fri
nonstopHawaiian Airlines
5h 35mLIH-LAX
2/23Sun
1 stopHawaiian Airlines
9h 52mLAX-LIH
$277
2/6Thu
nonstopDelta
5h 26mLIH-LAX
2/9Sun
nonstopDelta
6h 10mLAX-LIH
$278
2/6Thu
nonstopHawaiian Airlines
5h 35mLIH-LAX
2/9Sun
1 stopHawaiian Airlines
9h 51mLAX-LIH
$283
2/15Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 14mLIH-SFO
2/21Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
6h 08mSFO-LIH
$311
4/8Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
5h 39mLIH-LAX
4/15Tue
nonstopAmerican Airlines
6h 12mLAX-LIH
$312
2/20Thu
nonstopAmerican Airlines
5h 36mLIH-LAX
2/24Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
6h 15mLAX-LIH
$320
5/6Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
25h 35mLIH-ONT
5/11Sun
1 stopAlaska Airlines
10h 32mONT-LIH
$335
2/15Sat
nonstopAlaska Airlines
5h 15mLIH-OAK
2/21Fri
nonstopAlaska Airlines
5h 40mOAK-LIH
$344
5/22Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 13mLIH-SFO
5/26Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 38mSFO-LIH
$394

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Lihue to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/6Tue
1 stopHawaiian Airlines
7h 48mLIH-LAX
$118
4/29Tue
1 stopHawaiian Airlines
7h 54mLIH-SFO
$124
3/18Tue
1 stopDelta
9h 15mLIH-SAN
$134
4/29Tue
nonstopAlaska Airlines
5h 10mLIH-SJC
$134
4/29Tue
nonstopAlaska Airlines
5h 15mLIH-OAK
$134
2/18Tue
1 stopDelta
12h 52mLIH-SJC
$139
5/9Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 35mLIH-LAX
$154
2/9Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
5h 23mLIH-SFO
$169
2/16Sun
nonstopAmerican Airlines
5h 36mLIH-LAX
$181
2/23Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 39mLIH-SAN
$184

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Last minute flights from Lihue to California

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Lihue to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
1/18Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
8h 21mLIH-LAX
1/20Mon
nonstopAmerican Airlines
6h 15mLAX-LIH
$427
1/18Sat
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
16h 28mLIH-LAX
1/20Mon
nonstopAlaska Airlines
6h 00mLAX-LIH
$442
1/18Sat
nonstopDelta
5h 26mLIH-LAX
1/21Tue
nonstopDelta
6h 10mLAX-LIH
$458
1/17Fri
nonstopHawaiian Airlines
5h 35mLIH-LAX
2/1Sat
nonstopHawaiian Airlines
6h 00mLAX-LIH
$460
1/17Fri
multi-stopDelta
11h 29mLIH-LAX
1/21Tue
nonstopDelta
6h 10mLAX-LIH
$463
1/17Fri
nonstopHawaiian Airlines
5h 35mLIH-LAX
2/1Sat
multi-stopHawaiian Airlines
8h 40mLAX-LIH
$465
1/17Fri
multi-stopSouthwest
9h 40mLIH-BUR
1/21Tue
multi-stopSouthwest
11h 05mBUR-LIH
$512
1/18Sat
multi-stopSouthwest
10h 30mLIH-LAX
1/20Mon
multi-stopSouthwest
12h 45mLAX-LIH
$526
1/17Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
22h 36mLIH-ONT
1/21Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
8h 50mONT-LIH
$659
1/17Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
10h 06mLIH-LAX
1/21Tue
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 05mLAX-LIH
$769

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