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The flight time from Los Angeles to Honolulu is 5 hours, 43 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 2 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 19 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives HNL Honolulu, HI 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
95%
Alaska
95%
American
89%
United
87%
Delta
85%
Hawaiian
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Honolulu is 5 hours, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 19 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Honolulu is 2556 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Honolulu to Los Angeles
5 hours, 21 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
5h 38m
Delta
5h 42m
Southwest
5h 43m
American
5h 43m
Hawaiian
5h 46m
Alaska
5h 55m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM01234

Flights Per Week

107

Distance

2556 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
24
Hawaiian
23
Delta
21
American
21
Southwest
9
Alaska
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Honolulu by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Honolulu by plane is 2556 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Honolulu is 5 hours, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 19 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 5 hours, 38 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 5 hours, 55 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Honolulu?

American, Hawaiian, Southwest, United, Delta, and Alaska are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Honolulu.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Honolulu?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL). On average, they have 9 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 Los Angeles 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 319 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Honolulu 9 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 Los Angeles to Honolulu, Delta is 85% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 85% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 95% 5% 0%
Alaska 95% 5% 0%
American 89% 11% 0%
United 87% 12% 1%
Delta 85% 15% 0%
Hawaiian 80% 18% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Honolulu, 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)
United 19 312 4 338
Delta 15 320 4 342
Southwest 13 324 4 343
American 17 321 4 343
Hawaiian 15 319 10 346
Alaska 23 324 6 355

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
6am 0.02
3pm 0.96
11am 0.14
7am 2.63
5pm 2.27
8pm 0.02
6pm 1.7
9am 0.97
7pm 0.3
10am 0.57
8am 3.19
12pm 0.32
4pm 0.45
9pm 0
2pm 0.46
1pm 1.21

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Honolulu 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 421
February 362
March 456
April 451
May 489
June 544
July 589
August 523
September 422
October 441
November 418
December 466

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Honolulu 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 15.27
Tuesday 15.19
Wednesday 15.15
Thursday 15.33
Friday 15.67
Saturday 15.37
Sunday 15.37

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
United 0
Hawaiian 0
Delta 0
American 0
Southwest 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)
6am 16 313 3 330
3pm 15 321 4 341
11am 15 326 4 350
7am 17 324 6 351
5pm 16 315 6 340
8pm 19 315 10 341
6pm 16 316 5 339
9am 17 313 9 343
7pm 14 318 10 343
10am 17 317 9 348
8am 18 318 4 342
12pm 13 318 4 338
4pm 16 323 6 348
9pm 17 312 10 339
2pm 16 316 4 338
1pm 18 319 4 342
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.