$129 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$368
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$312
Sacramento
Sacramentononstop$321
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$377
Reno
Reno2 stops$427

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.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Lihue to California

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Lihue to California.
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Delta Logo
8:15 pm - 12:32 pmLIH-SAN
13h 17m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:20 am - 7:00 pmSAN-LIH
14h 40m1 stop
$312Delta
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Mon, May 5 - Mon, May 12
Delta Logo
9:26 pm - 9:19 amLIH-SAN
8h 53m1 stop
Delta Logo
11:05 am - 7:22 pmSAN-LIH
11h 17m1 stop
$314Delta
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Thu, Sep 18 - Mon, Sep 22
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
1:10 pm - 9:25 pmLIH-SMF
5h 15mnonstop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:37 pmSMF-LIH
9h 37m1 stop
$321Hawaiian Airlines
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Thu, May 22 - Sun, May 25
American Airlines Logo
1:41 pm - 10:10 pmLIH-LAX
5h 29mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
9:03 am - 12:11 pmLAX-LIH
6h 08mnonstop
$342American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 4 - Sun, Sep 7
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 9:20 pmLIH-OAK
5h 20mnonstop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:35 amOAK-LIH
5h 35mnonstop
$343Hawaiian Airlines
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Wed, Jun 4 - Tue, Jun 10
American Airlines Logo
1:41 pm - 10:10 pmLIH-LAX
5h 29mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
9:03 am - 12:11 pmLAX-LIH
6h 08mnonstop
$344American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 4 - Sun, Sep 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:18 am - 11:00 pmLIH-SMF
9h 42m1 stop
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7:00 am - 12:37 pmSMF-LIH
8h 37m1 stop
$346Alaska Airlines
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Thu, May 22 - Sun, May 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:55 pm - 9:10 pmLIH-OAK
5h 15mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:30 amOAK-LIH
5h 30mnonstop
$352Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Apr 29 - Wed, Apr 30
United Airlines Logo
11:10 pm - 7:23 amLIH-SFO
5h 13mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 7:38 pmSFO-LIH
5h 38mnonstop
$396United Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Sun, Aug 17
United Airlines Logo
10:05 pm - 9:41 amLIH-SFO
8h 36m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:00 pm - 7:38 pmSFO-LIH
5h 38mnonstop
$406United Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Sun, Aug 17

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 Sacramento, at $169 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 $186.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Lihue to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $330 on average. Morning departures are around 16% 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 $463.

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.
No, with an average price for the route of $885, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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 $516 and $498 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 Sunday and avoid Tuesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Lihue, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays 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 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February

High season

October

Cheapest flight

$129
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
Flight from Lihue to San Francisco

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 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 $251 one-way - $259 round-trip; Oakland $217 one-way - $442 round-trip; San Francisco $267 one-way - $451 round-trip

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 9882 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.1Food
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.1Entertainment
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the flight was delayed twice and then delayed from taking off.

2.0 MediocreRonald, Apr 2025SNA - SFO
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the flight was delayed twice and then delayed from taking off.

Crew was very good. Problem was not Alaska Airlines’ fault, there was a horrible, squealing, screaming kid near me.

This was my first trip in years with Alaska. I don’t think I’ll do it again. The planes are old and tired looking. The seats are small with zero legroom. The JFK terminal is one of the worst I’ve been in. On this flight the pilot had to abort the landing and circle the Bay before trying again. I think I’ll stick with the usual suspects …

Flight was over an hour late, and we got notified every 15 minutes, beginning right at boarding, that it would only be 15 more minutes until we finally left about 75 minutes late. Of course, no compensation was offered.

flight took off over an hour and a half late and there was no beverage service during the flight

Although both planes (flights) had mechanical issue delaying both of my flights, the crew members handled everything with ease. Both flights had the smoothest take off and landing. I opted to upgrade my seat to first class and really lucked out getting the seat at the very front of the plane. Awesome treat to myself. I really enjoyed my flight.

The staff from check-in counter to the flight crew were great. Flight was right on schedule. 10/10

The flight was canceled and very little help given at the check in desk. Everyone at the desk says: just go on the app and see how they rebooked you. I mean come on it’s embarrassing customer service.

I’m New to Alaska Airlines. I was not able to connect to WiFi on either leg of my flights to/from Santa Rosa. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable ride.

Changed flight from San Fran to Seattle Then with a Delayed takeoff barely made my connection Waited over an hour for luggage 😜

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.

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.

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

unexpected $120 charge to sit next to my wife on an isle seat in the economy section. Looks like there pre-assigning us both on the middle seat was intentional - leaving the isle seat next to my wife open at $120 was a ploy to make more money. Not good business.

TV monitor is not working properly. Long flight needs some entertainment but it didn't work. Food snack should be healrhier compare to what we have given.

Plane was delayed due to issues at the airport. Otherwise the experience was good. The staff was nice. The drinks and food were good for economy. The wifi was fast.

I loved the clean plane, complimentary sandwich, chocolates and drink choices. I loved how far the economy seats recline. I love the free starlink wifi.

I liked the ease of boarding. Didn't like the food. Snack choices were poor, expensive and not much food provided within the snack packs. Crew could be friendlier for a more Aloha experience.

Crew was great as always. Food not good. Getting people on and off would be much faster if all bags were checked except small ( fit on lap ) carry on. Dogs on planes need to be only real service dogs. It's getting out of hand !!!!!!!!

1. Was sorry my flight was delayed. 2. On my flight out the cabin crew were very caring:, going the extra mile in many ways. Today's crew got the job done efficiently but it didn't seem like the welcoming Hawaii Air experience. 3. Nice to have in-air food. It was pretty good, not special 4. Assistance at check-in was super. Someone came to help me at the console immediately and set up my pre-boarding status. She was truly kind and helpful.

A330-200 is very comfortable - lavatory roomier then Narrow Body jets.

The flight crew made the trip pleasant considering they had to work in conditions similar to a sardine can.

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 ;)

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

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

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

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

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!

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