Kailua-Kona (KOA) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 4,030 km
- 2,504 mi · 2,176 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 16 min / 5 h 41 min
- Average gate to gate: KOA → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h / 3 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 471 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (279 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 495,547
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.3%
- Flights / week
- 61
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 597,350 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, DL, AA
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 KOA
- 59°
- Heading from LAX
- 257°
- Halfway point
- 28.13, -138.45
- Great-circle km
- 4,026 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air KOA → LAX
- 4 h 51 min
- In the air LAX → KOA
- 5 h 13 min
- Clocks
- 2 h in January, 3 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 46,889 |
| Sep 2025 | 34,320 |
| Oct 2025 | 35,554 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,582 |
| Dec 2025 | 40,554 |
| Jan 2026 | 36,226 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,255 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,414 |
| Apr 2026 | 38,681 |
| May 2026 | 44,126 |
| Jun 2026 | 56,505 |
| Jul 2026 | 59,441 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 289 |
| Sep 2025 | 240 |
| Oct 2025 | 235 |
| Nov 2025 | 230 |
| Dec 2025 | 265 |
| Jan 2026 | 252 |
| Feb 2026 | 233 |
| Mar 2026 | 259 |
| Apr 2026 | 261 |
| May 2026 | 271 |
| Jun 2026 | 317 |
| Jul 2026 | 334 |
Airlines flying KOA–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 19 | 30% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 14 | 25% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 13 | 22% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 14 | 21% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 0.9 | 1% |
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 · 1,299 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 625 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 599 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 217 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 190 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 174 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 79 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 2 flights
Also carried: 730 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 84.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 3,214
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 90.9% | 7 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 79.3% | 12 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 85.8% | 9 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.7% | 18 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 87% | 6 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 44% · aircraft arriving late 32% · air traffic system 20% · weather 4% · 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: 4,026 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.