Honolulu (HNL) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 4,114 km
- 2,556 mi · 2,221 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 23 min / 5 h 46 min
- Average gate to gate: HNL → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 481 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (285 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 2,261,240
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −5.5%
- Flights / week
- 213
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 2,610,654 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- UA, AA, DL
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from HNL
- 62°
- Heading from LAX
- 261°
- Halfway point
- 29.09, -139.35
- Great-circle km
- 4,108 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HNL → LAX
- 4 h 52 min
- In the air LAX → HNL
- 5 h 20 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 212,519 |
| Sep 2025 | 171,041 |
| Oct 2025 | 173,071 |
| Nov 2025 | 157,090 |
| Dec 2025 | 199,471 |
| Jan 2026 | 162,696 |
| Feb 2026 | 132,050 |
| Mar 2026 | 183,544 |
| Apr 2026 | 184,689 |
| May 2026 | 205,984 |
| Jun 2026 | 233,131 |
| Jul 2026 | 245,954 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 932 |
| Sep 2025 | 779 |
| Oct 2025 | 783 |
| Nov 2025 | 810 |
| Dec 2025 | 973 |
| Jan 2026 | 858 |
| Feb 2026 | 720 |
| Mar 2026 | 929 |
| Apr 2026 | 939 |
| May 2026 | 1,009 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,124 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,203 |
Airlines flying HNL–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 50 | 28% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 46 | 18% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 42 | 18% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 35 | 17% |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 19 | 11% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 20 | 7% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 3,606 flights
- Airbus Industrie A330-200 · 1,737 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 1,613 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 1,452 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,038 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 792 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 443 flights
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 299 flights
Also carried: 40,149 tonnes of freight and 1,171 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 11,028
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 85.7% | 14 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.8% | 19 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 84.6% | 12 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 65.7% | 21 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 83.3% | 8 min |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 65.4% | 30 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 59% · aircraft arriving late 30% · air traffic system 11% · weather 1% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 4,108 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.