Is there a nonstop flight from San Diego (SAN) to Lihue (LIH)?

Yes. Alaska operates a nonstop SAN–LIH service in the winter season only.

How often do flights leave SAN for LIH?

About daily — 6.8 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 7 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop SAN to LIH flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $225 and $400 one way, with a median of $275. Based on 967 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

San Diego to Lihue nonstop

Yes: Alaska flies direct from San Diego (SAN) to Lihue (LIH) about 7 times a week, in the winter season only.

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daily6.8 flights a week

Winter onlyflown 10 of the last 12 months

$225–$400typical one-way · median $275 · US DOT Q2 2025

2,676miles · about 6 hr 5 min

Route detail

San Diego to Lihue in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 2,676 miles nonstop, about 6 hr 5 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew Nov 2025 to Aug 2026, up to 7 flights a week, with no flights the rest of the year.
Sep 2025: no regular flights
Oct 2025: no regular flights
Nov 2025: 3 flights a week
Dec 2025: 7 flights a week
Jan 2026: 7 flights a week
Feb 2026: 7 flights a week
Mar 2026: 7 flights a week
Apr 2026: 7 flights a week
May 2026: 7 flights a week
Jun 2026: 7 flights a week
Jul 2026: 7 flights a week
Aug 2026: 7 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: Alaska is the only carrier filing this pair.
Fares: Half of the 967 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $225 and $400 one way, median $275. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $250 one way, middle half $200 to $325, 638 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $275 one way, middle half $200 to $450, 326 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $275 one way, middle half $225 to $425, 281 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $275 one way, middle half $225 to $400, 967 tickets
Fares held steady through the year: a median of $250 to $275 one way in every quarter of the DOT ticket survey (Q3 2024 to Q2 2025). Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Lihue to San Diego nonstop.

Also nonstop from San Diego (SAN)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

San Francisco (SFO) about 22 times a day
Denver (DEN) about 17 times a day
Phoenix (PHX) about 17 times a day
Seattle (SEA) about 15 times a day
San Jose (SJC) about 15 times a day
Sacramento (SMF) about 14 times a day
Chicago (ORD) about 13 times a day
Las Vegas (LAS) about 12 times a day

All 74 nonstop destinations from SAN

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