The flight time from Oakland to Honolulu is 5 hours, 28 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves OAK Oakland, CA 1 minute late.
13 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 8 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives HNL Honolulu, HI 1 minute late.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
80%
Hawaiian
66%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Oakland to Honolulu is 5 hours, 28 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 8 minutes.

The flight distance from Oakland to Honolulu is 2409 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Honolulu to Oakland
5 hours, 4 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
5h 25m
Hawaiian
5h 34m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h6h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

21

Distance

2409 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
14
Hawaiian
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Oakland from Honolulu by plane?

The distance from Oakland to Honolulu by plane is 2409 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Oakland to Honolulu?

The flight time from Oakland to Honolulu is 5 hours, 28 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 8 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 5 hours, 25 minutes, and Hawaiian the slowest taking 5 hours, 34 minutes.

What airlines fly from Oakland to Honolulu?

Hawaiian and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from Oakland to Honolulu.

Does Southwest fly from Oakland to Honolulu?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Oakland (OAK) to Honolulu (HNL). 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 Oakland 1 minute late
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 308 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Honolulu 1 minute late

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 Oakland to Honolulu, Southwest is 80% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 80% 20% 0%
Hawaiian 66% 25% 9%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Oakland 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)
Southwest 13 306 4 325
Hawaiian 12 309 11 334

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
3pm 1
9am 1
11am 0
12pm 0
7am 0.02
8am 0.94

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Oakland 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 93
February 84
March 93
April 90
May 93
June 90
July 93
August 98
September 92
October 97
November 93
December 102

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Oakland 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 3
Tuesday 3.08
Wednesday 3.06
Thursday 3.06
Friday 3.12
Saturday 3.06
Sunday 3.13

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

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)
3pm 12 305 4 323
9am 14 307 4 328
11am 12 308 17 337
12pm 12 371 13 396
7am 15 330 11 367
8am 12 309 11 333
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.