The flight time from Honolulu to San Diego is 5 hours, 23 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves HNL Honolulu, HI 2 minutes late.
19 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 59 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SAN San Diego, CA 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
89%
Alaska
81%
Hawaiian
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Honolulu to San Diego is 5 hours, 23 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 59 minutes.

The flight distance from Honolulu to San Diego is 2614 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Diego to Honolulu
6 hours, 5 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
5h 21m
Hawaiian
5h 22m
Alaska
5h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

28

Distance

2614 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

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Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
14
Hawaiian
7
Alaska
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Honolulu from San Diego by plane?

The distance from Honolulu to San Diego by plane is 2614 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Honolulu to San Diego?

The flight time from Honolulu to San Diego is 5 hours, 23 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 59 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 5 hours, 21 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 5 hours, 30 minutes.

What airlines fly from Honolulu to San Diego?

Southwest, Alaska, and Hawaiian are the airlines with direct flights from Honolulu to San Diego.

Does Southwest fly from Honolulu to San Diego?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Honolulu (HNL) to San Diego (SAN). On average, they have 14 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Honolulu 2 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 299 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives San Diego 4 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Honolulu to San Diego, Southwest is 89% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 89% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 89% 11% 0%
Alaska 81% 18% 1%
Hawaiian 80% 19% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Honolulu and San Diego, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 17 299 3 321
Hawaiian 18 295 6 322
Alaska 23 301 4 330

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
8am 0.51
11am 0.49
2pm 1.04
0am 0
10am 0.59
12pm 0.29
1pm 0.88
3pm 0.18

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Honolulu to San Diego that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 123
February 112
March 124
April 120
May 124
June 120
July 124
August 124
September 120
October 124
November 120
December 124

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Honolulu to San Diego that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 4
Tuesday 3.98
Wednesday 4
Thursday 3.98
Friday 4.02
Saturday 4
Sunday 4.08

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Southwest 0
Hawaiian 0
Alaska 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
8am 17 297 3 319
11am 19 297 6 324
2pm 19 299 4 322
0am 28 287 4 319
10am 17 302 4 324
12pm 19 294 6 321
1pm 21 299 4 326
3pm 22 304 4 331
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.