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$162+ Cheap flights from Honolulu to San Francisco (HNL - SFO)

HNL — SFO
Nov 25 — Dec 21
Wed 11/25
Wed 12/2
1 adult, Economy
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Cheapest flights from Honolulu to San Francisco

Fri 11/2011:58 pm -
Nonstop5h 07m
Sun 11/297:20 am -
Nonstop5h 50m
Deal found 10/21$304
Thu 12/311:43 pm -
Nonstop5h 07m
Wed 12/97:20 am -
Nonstop5h 50m
Deal found 10/22$315
Fri 11/2012:15 pm -
Nonstop5h 10m
Sun 11/297:20 am -
Nonstop5h 50m
Deal found 10/22$319
Fri 11/203:55 pm -
Nonstop5h 16m
Mon 11/304:47 pm -
Nonstop5h 43m
Deal found 10/21$325
Tue 11/1011:30 pm -
Nonstop5h 05m
Wed 11/116:25 pm -
Nonstop5h 45m
Deal found 10/21$333
Fri 12/252:40 pm -
Nonstop5h 10m
Tue 1/56:00 am -
1 stop9h 06m
Deal found 10/24$335
Tue 11/1010:33 pm -
1 stop10h 34m
Wed 11/113:07 pm -
1 stop8h 55m
Deal found 10/21$339

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Most accurate provider

FlightHub
3 stars

Most trusted provider

FlightHub
3 stars

Round-trip from

$304
(SmartFares)

One-way from

$162
(Trip.com)

Popular in

June

Cheapest in

January

Average price

$519

Good round-trip deal

$497 or less

Good one-way deal

$286 or less
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HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Wed 12/9

12:15 pm-7:25 pm

Nonstop5h 10m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$163

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Fri 11/20

3:55 pm-11:11 pm

Nonstop5h 16m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$163

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Mon 12/14

10:35 pm-10:14 am

1 stop9h 39m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$211

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Mon 12/7

10:15 pm-12:50 pm

2 stops12h 35m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$223

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Wed 12/23

11:59 pm-7:17 am

Nonstop5h 18m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$228

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Thu 12/17

3:35 pm-12:22 pm

1 stop18h 47m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$232

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Wed 11/25

7:25 am-6:41 pm

1 stop9h 16m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$237

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Wed 3/3

8:50 am-11:59 pm

2 stops13h 09m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$246
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HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Wed 11/25

11:30 pm-6:35 am

Nonstop5h 05m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$257

HonoluluSan Francisco

HNL Honolulu - SFO San Francisco

HNLSFO

Honolulu

Wed 3/10

10:45 pm-12:12 pm

1 stop11h 27m

San Francisco

Wed 12/31

12:00 am-10:00 pm

Nonstop0h 00m

$258

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ExpediaPrice Accuracy1 starTrust Score*3 stars
FlightHubPrice Accuracy3 starsTrust Score*3 stars
JustAirTicketPrice Accuracy-Trust Score*1 star
BudgetAirPrice Accuracy2 starsTrust Score*3 stars
CheapflightsfaresPrice Accuracy2 starsTrust Score*1 star

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  • Most accurate provider: When it comes to deals on Honolulu-San Francisco flights, users find the pricing of FlightHub to be most consistent on Cheapflights vs. FlightHub Users can find the same prices on Honolulu-San Francisco flight deals on Cheapflights vs. FlightHub >95% of the time. Price accuracy is based on data collected from Honolulu-San Francisco flight searches over the past month and is updated monthly.
  • Most trusted provider: When it comes to deals on Honolulu-San Francisco flights, Cheapflights users trust FlightHub the most. FlightHub has received a user feedback score of 3 out of 3 stars (3 being the best), meaning they have been trusted the most by Cheapflights users looking for Honolulu-San Francisco flight deals. Provider user feedback score is based on Cheapflights searches over the past month and is updated monthly.

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Everything you need to know about your flight from Honolulu to San Francisco

How far ahead should I book a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco?

The best time to book flights from Honolulu to San Francisco is 88 days before your desired departure date. The cost of your flight will likely increase significantly if you book two weeks in advance of your flight.

What is the cheapest month to book a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco?

Currently, January is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco (average of $357). Flying from Honolulu to San Francisco in June is currently the most expensive (average of $582). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly from HNL to SFO?

A simple way to save on the total cost of your ticket is to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco in the evening. If you’re flexible enough to do this you can expect to save up to 7% on your trip compared to booking a flight at noon.

What is the cheapest day to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco?

Travelers seeking maximum savings on their Honolulu to San Francisco flight should consider departing on Friday afternoons when fares are most often at their lowest. Thursday afternoons flights should be avoided if possible as fares are typically the most expensive at this time.

How much does it cost to fly round-trip from Honolulu to San Francisco?

Airfare is below average for this route at the moment.

Honolulu to San Francisco flights typically cost between $454 and $633 in November.
The cheapest round-trip price found within the last 5 days was $304 on Multiple Airlines (Nov 20-Nov 29).

The best insider tips for Honolulu to San Francisco flights

Cheapflights partnered with top experts to bring you the best recommendations for your Honolulu to San Francisco trip
Our travel experts
Harriet Baskas

Harriet Baskas

Expert on United Airlines and SFO

Harriet is an award-winning journalist who is happiest in an airport or an unusual museum. Her stories about airports, air travel, and the business of travel have appeared on NBC News, CNBC, USA TODAY, The Points Guy and other outlets. She is the creator of the StuckatTheAirport.com blog and the author of nine books. When not out on the road or exploring the latest airport amenities, she’s home in Seattle getting ready for the next adventure.

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Robert Schrader

Robert Schrader

Expert on Alaska Airlines

One of the web's original travel bloggers, Robert launched his first site Leave Your Daily Hell in 2009. Since then, he's expanded into destination niche sites (one each for Japan, Thailand and Taiwan), in addition to having written for the inflight magazines of Singapore Airlines and Korean Air. Overall, he's visited nearly 100 countries, and flies business as often as possible.

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Yulia Denisyuk

Yulia Denisyuk

Expert on HNL

Yulia is a freelance journalist who’s dispatched from 90+ countries. Her work focuses on cultures, adventure trips and air travel, appearing in NatGeo, NYT, CNTraveler, and more. For past assignments, she’s stayed with nomads in Mongolia and learned the art of Imigongo in Rwanda. She’s based in Chicago; in winter she often questions that decision.

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Reviews of airlines servicing San Francisco

Read through reviews of airlines operating flights from Honolulu to San Francisco, such as Alaska Airlines,Delta, andHawaiian Airlines. Reviews also offer insight into each airline's entertainment options, comfort, food, crew/service, and boarding process.
Alaska Airlines
7.9
Good
13,121 reviews

Comfort

7.8

Boarding

8.1

Overall

7.9

Food

7.0

Crew

8.5

Entertainment

7.0

Reviews

1 / 20
2.0
Mediocre

Chris,Aug 2026

GEG - SFO

Our flight was delayed multiple times over the course of the day for a total of almost ten hours. It was supposed to be a two-hour flight from San Francisco to Spokane. It turned into a nightmare of waiting all day in the airport, not knowing whether we would fly or not, whether we would miss my son's wedding and lose the expenses already incurred for car rental and accommodations. The Alaska staff seemed clueless and never gave us any convincing or definitive information. The airline offered food vouchers and discounts on future flights to make up for the trouble. However, the information about these concessions was not timely, nor were the vouchers themselves very useful. We were a family group of four people. The airline decided to give us one food voucher for $96, which is barely enough for four to get a sandwich and a drink each. Only by persistently addressing the airport food retailers were we able to get anything at all. Then, taking the exact opposite approach, the airline sent me, the original purchaser of all four tickets and the only email account they had, four vouchers for $150 each in the names of each of the four passengers. So, any one of us could get a discount on a future flight with Alaska in that amount. But I originally paid for all the tickets. It makes no sense, except to suggest that Alaska chooses the way to distribute vouchers that seems most likely to minimize the probability that they will be utilized. In my opinion, I should be offered a total refund for the ordeal we were forced to endure or at least a discount voucher for the entire $600.
Alaska Airlines
7.9
Good
13,121 reviews
Alaska Airlines
7.9
Good
13,121 reviews

Comfort

7.8

Boarding

8.1

Overall

7.9

Food

7.0

Crew

8.5

Entertainment

7.0

Reviews

1 / 20
2.0
Mediocre

Chris,Aug 2026

GEG - SFO

Our flight was delayed multiple times over the course of the day for a total of almost ten hours. It was supposed to be a two-hour flight from San Francisco to Spokane. It turned into a nightmare of waiting all day in the airport, not knowing whether we would fly or not, whether we would miss my son's wedding and lose the expenses already incurred for car rental and accommodations. The Alaska staff seemed clueless and never gave us any convincing or definitive information. The airline offered food vouchers and discounts on future flights to make up for the trouble. However, the information about these concessions was not timely, nor were the vouchers themselves very useful. We were a family group of four people. The airline decided to give us one food voucher for $96, which is barely enough for four to get a sandwich and a drink each. Only by persistently addressing the airport food retailers were we able to get anything at all. Then, taking the exact opposite approach, the airline sent me, the original purchaser of all four tickets and the only email account they had, four vouchers for $150 each in the names of each of the four passengers. So, any one of us could get a discount on a future flight with Alaska in that amount. But I originally paid for all the tickets. It makes no sense, except to suggest that Alaska chooses the way to distribute vouchers that seems most likely to minimize the probability that they will be utilized. In my opinion, I should be offered a total refund for the ordeal we were forced to endure or at least a discount voucher for the entire $600.
Delta
7.8
Good
8,680 reviews
Alaska Airlines
7.9
Good
13,121 reviews

Comfort

7.8

Boarding

8.1

Overall

7.9

Food

7.0

Crew

8.5

Entertainment

7.0

Reviews

1 / 20
2.0
Mediocre

Chris,Aug 2026

GEG - SFO

Our flight was delayed multiple times over the course of the day for a total of almost ten hours. It was supposed to be a two-hour flight from San Francisco to Spokane. It turned into a nightmare of waiting all day in the airport, not knowing whether we would fly or not, whether we would miss my son's wedding and lose the expenses already incurred for car rental and accommodations. The Alaska staff seemed clueless and never gave us any convincing or definitive information. The airline offered food vouchers and discounts on future flights to make up for the trouble. However, the information about these concessions was not timely, nor were the vouchers themselves very useful. We were a family group of four people. The airline decided to give us one food voucher for $96, which is barely enough for four to get a sandwich and a drink each. Only by persistently addressing the airport food retailers were we able to get anything at all. Then, taking the exact opposite approach, the airline sent me, the original purchaser of all four tickets and the only email account they had, four vouchers for $150 each in the names of each of the four passengers. So, any one of us could get a discount on a future flight with Alaska in that amount. But I originally paid for all the tickets. It makes no sense, except to suggest that Alaska chooses the way to distribute vouchers that seems most likely to minimize the probability that they will be utilized. In my opinion, I should be offered a total refund for the ordeal we were forced to endure or at least a discount voucher for the entire $600.
Hawaiian Airlines
7.8
Good
2,805 reviews
Alaska Airlines
7.9
Good
13,121 reviews

Comfort

7.8

Boarding

8.1

Overall

7.9

Food

7.0

Crew

8.5

Entertainment

7.0

Reviews

1 / 20
2.0
Mediocre

Chris,Aug 2026

GEG - SFO

Our flight was delayed multiple times over the course of the day for a total of almost ten hours. It was supposed to be a two-hour flight from San Francisco to Spokane. It turned into a nightmare of waiting all day in the airport, not knowing whether we would fly or not, whether we would miss my son's wedding and lose the expenses already incurred for car rental and accommodations. The Alaska staff seemed clueless and never gave us any convincing or definitive information. The airline offered food vouchers and discounts on future flights to make up for the trouble. However, the information about these concessions was not timely, nor were the vouchers themselves very useful. We were a family group of four people. The airline decided to give us one food voucher for $96, which is barely enough for four to get a sandwich and a drink each. Only by persistently addressing the airport food retailers were we able to get anything at all. Then, taking the exact opposite approach, the airline sent me, the original purchaser of all four tickets and the only email account they had, four vouchers for $150 each in the names of each of the four passengers. So, any one of us could get a discount on a future flight with Alaska in that amount. But I originally paid for all the tickets. It makes no sense, except to suggest that Alaska chooses the way to distribute vouchers that seems most likely to minimize the probability that they will be utilized. In my opinion, I should be offered a total refund for the ordeal we were forced to endure or at least a discount voucher for the entire $600.
United Airlines
7.3
Good
10,443 reviews
Alaska Airlines
7.9
Good
13,121 reviews

Comfort

7.8

Boarding

8.1

Overall

7.9

Food

7.0

Crew

8.5

Entertainment

7.0

Reviews

1 / 20
2.0
Mediocre

Chris,Aug 2026

GEG - SFO

Our flight was delayed multiple times over the course of the day for a total of almost ten hours. It was supposed to be a two-hour flight from San Francisco to Spokane. It turned into a nightmare of waiting all day in the airport, not knowing whether we would fly or not, whether we would miss my son's wedding and lose the expenses already incurred for car rental and accommodations. The Alaska staff seemed clueless and never gave us any convincing or definitive information. The airline offered food vouchers and discounts on future flights to make up for the trouble. However, the information about these concessions was not timely, nor were the vouchers themselves very useful. We were a family group of four people. The airline decided to give us one food voucher for $96, which is barely enough for four to get a sandwich and a drink each. Only by persistently addressing the airport food retailers were we able to get anything at all. Then, taking the exact opposite approach, the airline sent me, the original purchaser of all four tickets and the only email account they had, four vouchers for $150 each in the names of each of the four passengers. So, any one of us could get a discount on a future flight with Alaska in that amount. But I originally paid for all the tickets. It makes no sense, except to suggest that Alaska chooses the way to distribute vouchers that seems most likely to minimize the probability that they will be utilized. In my opinion, I should be offered a total refund for the ordeal we were forced to endure or at least a discount voucher for the entire $600.

Related info for your journey

  • What airports do I use to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco?

    You will need to book a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco if you want to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco. At least 4 different airlines have flights from Honolulu (HNL) to San Francisco (SFO) on a regular basis. There are 24 flights to San Francisco from the Honolulu airport per day. If you manage to book one that is nonstop, then you can expect the flight time from HNL to SFO to be around 5h 05m.

  • How popular is this Honolulu to San Francisco flight route?

    Within the past month, 34 users have taken a look at flights from Honolulu to San Francisco.

  • How long is the flight from Honolulu to San Francisco?

    Airlines like United Airlines, Delta, and Alaska Airlines fly from Honolulu to San Francisco in about 5h 05m. The time it takes to get you to your destination can typically vary by up to 4h 03m. Honolulu and San Francisco are separated by a distance of 2395 mi. When browsing for deals, the options you’ll see will be for both nonstop flights and flights with stops.

  • What are the cheapest airlines flying from Honolulu to San Francisco round-trip?

    Cheapflights users have booked flights from Honolulu to San Francisco round-trip from $118. Other airlines that can offer you cheap pricing are Delta, from $145, and Alaska Airlines, from $229. These flights start at 75% lower than the current average price 3 months from now.

  • What are the cheapest airlines to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco one-way?

    $119 is the cheapest one-way deal found within the past few days, from Alaska Airlines. You may also be able to find cheap deals on United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, with prices starting from $146 and $160, respectively.

  • What are the most reliable airlines from Honolulu to San Francisco?

    Before booking your flight to San Francisco from Honolulu, check out the most reliable airlines to get you to your destination on time: Lufthansa (96%), Turkish Airlines (92%), SWISS( 92%).

  • What are the cheapest flights from Honolulu to San Francisco?

    Looking for the cheapest flight from Honolulu to San Francisco? While on average our users pay $1,135, our data indicates the cheapest price to be $169. The most popular route (Honolulu - San Francisco), is priced around $325.

  • Can I find deals for flights from Honolulu to San Francisco that include hotel bookings?

    Yes. In addition to deals on Honolulu to San Francisco flights, Cheapflights offers vacation packages that include both flights and hotel.

  • How can I find direct flights from Honolulu to San Francisco?

    After entering your origin and destination, apply the non-stop filter on the search result page to find direct flights from Honolulu to San Francisco.

  • Can I find deals for business class flights from Honolulu to San Francisco?

    Yes. Cheapflights offers flight deals from Honolulu to San Francisco by cabin class. In addition to browsing deals, you can also filter by cabin class on the search results page after making a search.

  • What is the cheapest month to book a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco?

    Currently, January is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco (average of $357). Flying from Honolulu to San Francisco in June is currently the most expensive (average of $582). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.

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Top 4 airlines flying from Honolulu to San Francisco

AirlineCheapestAverageFlexibilityOn-time
Hawaiian AirlinesCheapest$118Average$593FlexibilityNo cancel feeOn-time85%
DeltaCheapest$145Average$371FlexibilityNo cancel feeOn-timeN/A
Alaska AirlinesCheapest$229Average$401FlexibilityNo cancel feeOn-time75%
United AirlinesCheapest$267Average$515FlexibilityNo cancel feeOn-time69%

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