Honolulu (HNL) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 4,207 km
- 2,614 mi · 2,271 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 27 min / 6 h 4 min
- Average gate to gate: HNL → SAN / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 492 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (291 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 611,636
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.4%
- Flights / week
- 67
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 88%
- 696,012 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- AS, WN, HA
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
- 64°
- Heading from SAN
- 263°
- Halfway point
- 28.56, -138.64
- Great-circle km
- 4,201 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HNL → SAN
- 5 h 2 min
- In the air SAN → HNL
- 5 h 33 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 54,508 |
| Sep 2025 | 49,915 |
| Oct 2025 | 51,918 |
| Nov 2025 | 45,974 |
| Dec 2025 | 52,260 |
| Jan 2026 | 49,518 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,867 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,091 |
| Apr 2026 | 48,433 |
| May 2026 | 53,855 |
| Jun 2026 | 53,369 |
| Jul 2026 | 54,928 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 293 |
| Sep 2025 | 280 |
| Oct 2025 | 282 |
| Nov 2025 | 261 |
| Dec 2025 | 300 |
| Jan 2026 | 305 |
| Feb 2026 | 280 |
| Mar 2026 | 305 |
| Apr 2026 | 294 |
| May 2026 | 302 |
| Jun 2026 | 291 |
| Jul 2026 | 299 |
Airlines flying HNL–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 24 | 38% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 28 | 37% |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 15 | 26% |
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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,450 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 793 flights
- Airbus Industrie A330-200 · 712 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 377 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 103 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 57 flights
Also carried: 2,415 tonnes of freight and 155 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Flights counted
- 3,544
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 83.5% | 9 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 71.4% | 18 min |
| HAHawaiian Airlines | 66.5% | 27 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 56% · aircraft arriving late 25% · air traffic system 13% · weather 6% · 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: 4,201 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.