San Diego to Honolulu runs about 16 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 19:34. One passenger pays between €338.80 and €404.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h over 4,323 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€338.80 to €404.29
- 215%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving San Diego
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:22First departure
- 19:34Last departure
- 16Services per day
- 94%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €814.93Mon14
- about €608.43Tue15
- about €672.15Wed16
- about €666.84Thu17
- about €615.51Fri18
- about €632.03Sat19
- about €581.14Sun20
- about €429.07Mon21
- about €401.84Tue22
- about €439.69Wed23
- about €535.27Thu24
- about €516.39Fri25
- about €512.39Sat26
- about €485.12Sun27
- about €355.64Mon28
- about €338.80Tue29
- about €351.79Wed30
- about €431.43Thu1
- about €377.09Fri2
- about €401.34Sat3
- about €381.87Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Honolulu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Honolulu for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Honolulu with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book San Diego to Honolulu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €397.4490 days
- €323.7460 days
- €289.6445 days
- €258.8430 days
- €381.8721 days
- €485.1214 days
- €581.147 days
- €672.153 days
- €814.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €258.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 215 percent. The most expensive point is €814.93, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to San Diego to Honolulu and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
3 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
4,323 km
4,197 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,404,452 → 350,964
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 4,323 km against 4,197 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Long Beach, Los Angeles, Ontario, Kahului. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Honolulu
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about San Diego to Honolulu
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from San Diego to Honolulu?
The fastest journey from San Diego to Honolulu takes 9h door to door, of which 5h 53m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 9h 26m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from San Diego to Honolulu?
The cheapest fare from San Diego to Honolulu is €338.80, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €564.77. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from San Diego to Honolulu?
The cheapest way from San Diego to Honolulu is by flight, at €404.29 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 9h 3m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book San Diego to Honolulu?
Fares from San Diego to Honolulu bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €258.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 215 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for San Diego to Honolulu?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from San Diego to Honolulu, at €401.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for San Diego to Honolulu?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from San Diego to Honolulu, at €254.99 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from San Diego to Honolulu?
3 operators sell services from San Diego to Honolulu across 1 mode: Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from San Diego to Honolulu?
79 percent of the services we sell from San Diego to Honolulu are direct. The rest connect at Long Beach, Los Angeles, Ontario, Kahului, with about 59 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from San Diego to Honolulu use?
Services from San Diego to Honolulu by flight leave from San Diego SAN and arrive at Honolulu HNL. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from San Diego to Honolulu?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from San Diego to Honolulu allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for San Diego to Honolulu on September 13, 2026: 4323 km of route against 4197 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €338.80, and 9h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Honolulu is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Honolulu and across United States
Day trips that leave Honolulu in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
San Diego reaches 88 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 9,682 km. Honolulu reaches 50 places in 13 countries, from 151 to 10,813 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San Diego
- 88Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 27Operators
Arriving in Honolulu
Leaving Honolulu
- 50Places you can leave for
- 13Countries
- 21Operators