Flight Time From San Francisco To Honolulu - FlightSphere

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves San Francisco	1 minute late
Taxi Out Time	21 minutes
In the Air	296 minutes
Taxiing In	5 minutes
Arrives Honolulu	7 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from San Francisco to Honolulu, Alaska is 84% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 84% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline	Normal Flights	Arrival Delayed*	Flight Cancelled
United	85%	15%	0%
Alaska	84%	16%	0%
Hawaiian	83%	15%	2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Francisco and Honolulu, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline	Taxiing Out (minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxiing In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
United	22	293	4	323
Alaska	24	299	6	334
Hawaiian	17	306	9	334

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time	Count
2pm	0.07
7pm	0.45
1pm	0.93
7am	0.98
6pm	0.3
4pm	0.87
9am	1.1
10am	0.12
8am	0.33
11am	1.42
5pm	0.27

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco to Honolulu that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month	Count
January	196
February	168
March	217
April	212
May	199
June	210
July	279
August	228
September	155
October	191
November	216
December	234

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco to Honolulu that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day	Count
Monday	6.92
Tuesday	6.85
Wednesday	6.81
Thursday	6.77
Friday	6.98
Saturday	6.94
Sunday	6.9

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline	Flights per Week
United	1
Alaska	0
Hawaiian	0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time	Taxi Out(minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxi In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
2pm	24	300	4	328
7pm	21	298	4	325
1pm	21	294	4	322
7am	16	305	9	331
6pm	22	300	4	328
4pm	21	294	4	321
9am	23	288	4	319
10am	21	305	7	342
8am	20	297	9	328
11am	24	298	5	331
5pm	21	297	5	326