The flight time from New York to Honolulu is 10 hours, 55 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves JFK New York, NY 1 minute late.
22 minutes taxiing out
10 hours, 22 minutes in the air
10 minutes taxiing in
Arrives HNL Honolulu, HI 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
88%
Hawaiian
64%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Honolulu is 10 hours, 55 minutes. The time spent in the air is 10 hours, 22 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to Honolulu is 4983 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Honolulu to New York
9 hours, 36 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
10h 52m
Hawaiian
10h 58m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM3h6h9h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

12

Distance

4983 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Hawaiian
7
Delta
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Honolulu by plane?

The distance from New York to Honolulu by plane is 4983 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to Honolulu?

The flight time from New York to Honolulu is 10 hours, 55 minutes. The time spent in the air is 10 hours, 22 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 10 hours, 52 minutes, and Hawaiian the slowest taking 10 hours, 58 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Honolulu?

Delta and Hawaiian are the airlines with direct flights from New York to Honolulu.

Does Southwest fly from New York to Honolulu?

Southwest does not fly from New York (JFK) to Honolulu (HNL). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

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 New York 1 minute late
Taxi Out Time 22 minutes
In the Air 622 minutes
Taxiing In 10 minutes
Arrives Honolulu 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 New York to Honolulu, Delta is 88% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 88% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 88% 11% 1%
Hawaiian 64% 35% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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)
Delta 24 621 6 652
Hawaiian 20 623 13 658

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
4pm 0
10am 1.03
9am 0.77

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 61
February 55
March 60
April 51
May 52
June 52
July 55
August 52
September 52
October 53
November 59
December 62

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 2
Tuesday 1.38
Wednesday 1.4
Thursday 1.96
Friday 2
Saturday 1.98
Sunday 2.04

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
Hawaiian 0
Delta 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)
4pm 35 595 10 640
10am 21 623 13 658
9am 24 621 6 651
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.