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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Hawaii

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop£229
Kahului
Kahului1 stop£231
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Konadirect£201
Honolulu
Honolulu1 stop£229
Kahului
Kahului1 stop£231
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Konadirect£201
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Hawaii flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Hawaii to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Hawaii flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Hawaii from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was to Honolulu, at £221 return. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Honolulu (HNL), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £221.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from San Francisco to Hawaii?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at £514 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Hawaii?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Hawaii, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco to Hawaii is January, when tickets cost £263 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of return tickets is £423 and £413 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Hawaii?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Hawaii clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San Francisco to Hawaii, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Hawaii, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Tuesday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Hawaii, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from San Francisco to Hawaii

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight£125
Best time to beat the crowds (20% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (10% more expensive on average)
Flight from San Francisco to Kahului

Flights from San Francisco to Hawaii: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from San Francisco to Hawaii 
LawrenceFlew with United AirlinesSFO-HNLMay 2025
Get to your gate early!!! Very little seating at/near gates 19, 20, 21 and 22. The last couple of flights, American boarding (very different gates) has been very straightforward. The last time on United, boarding at gate 19 was bedlam. Really going to look hard before scheduling on United next time!!!
William DrewFlew with Alaska AirlinesSFO-HNLNov 2024
Arrive at least two hours before your flight.

FAQs - booking Hawaii flights

  • Are there pet relief areas at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)?

    Yes. SFO offers pet relief areas in its facilities with waste bins, mutt mitt dispensers, and drinking sinks to care for the pets' relief needs. The pet relief areas are available throughout the day, and also, with accessibility to patrons with limited mobility. At SFO on the arrivals level, are the outdoor relief areas in Terminal 3 Courtyard 4 and Terminal 1 Courtyard 2. While, on the departure level, are the indoor relief areas in Terminal 2 gates D, Terminal 1 B and C gates, International Terminal gates A, and Terminal C gates F.

  • Do I need a visa or passport to fly to Hawaii from San Francisco?

    On the account that the state of Hawaii and the state of California where San Francisco sits are both in the United States, there is no demand for citizens of the United States to have a visa or passport to fly between the two states. However, to fly from San Francisco, citizens of the U.S. should have a valid identification card from their home state to make the trip. Still, if you don’t have a valid identification card, to fly to Hawaii from San Francisco you’ll need to own an official driver’s license from the state you're residing in. If you have neither you’ll need to make renewal arrangements before your trip to Hawaii.

  • Are there accessibility services at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)?

    Yes. SFO provides barrier-free access with elevators and ramps throughout its facilities. Moreover, at SFO passengers with limited mobility will have access to accessible restrooms, designated parking lots, and wheelchair assistance. Passengers with visual impairments traveling through SFO will have braille signage throughout the Airport and free Aira service, while passengers with hearing impairments have visual paging and TTY telephones.

  • What are the most common layover cities for flights from San Francisco to Hawaii?

    Besides, direct flights from San Francisco to Hawaii there are non-direct flights between the two locations. Nondirect flights from San Francisco to Hawaii will involve at least one layover stop en route. The layover stop will depend on which destination you land in Hawaii and which airline you're flying with. Dallas, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Phoenix are the route’s popular layover cities.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Hawaii?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Francisco to Hawaii.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Hawaii?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Hawaii?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from San Francisco to Hawaii with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from San Francisco to Hawaii up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Hawaii?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Hawaii is generally at night, when retur flights cost £363 on average. Morning departures are around 13% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Hawaii is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £530.

Top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Francisco to Hawaii

  • Looking for a cheap flight from San Francisco to Hawaii? 25% of our users found tickets from San Francisco to Hawaii for the following prices or less: Honolulu £166 one-way - £262 round-trip; Kahului £107 one-way - £353 round-trip
  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is one of the primary airports that serve San Francisco. The Airport is a hub for Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. Both passenger airlines facilitate flights to Hawaii from San Francisco.
  • For business people, if you have a top-priority business to tend to before your flight to Hawaii, you can use the SFO's business center. The center offers full-service services such as printing, photocopying, mobile rentals, packaging and shipping, and faxing. The SFO business center is in the International Terminal's main hall.
  • Do you need to freshen up before your flight to Hawaii? SFO offers shower amenities, which are situated in the International Terminal’s main hall.
  • Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) is one of the main airports that serve the State of Hawaii. HNL is the primary hub for Hawaii Airlines and Mokulele Airlines, which offers flights from San Francisco to Hawaii.
  • Hilo International Airport (ITO) is one of the airports that serve Hawaii. Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Mokulele Airlines, and United Airlines are the passenger airlines operating at ITO offering flights to Hawaii from San Francisco.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying from San Francisco to Hawaii

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Hawaii. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Hawaii? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.8Comfort
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.1Food
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

We were singled out, greeted and helped with check-in at the busy airport. They offered to take our bags there and gave no fuss when we said they were carry-on. With United just last week I had to put up a fight just to get onto the flight with my one authorized carry-on.

10.0 ExcellentDrew, Aug 2025SFO - AUS
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We were singled out, greeted and helped with check-in at the busy airport. They offered to take our bags there and gave no fuss when we said they were carry-on. With United just last week I had to put up a fight just to get onto the flight with my one authorized carry-on.

boarding was late worst was going back LAX to SFO delayed not once ? but TWICE😡I was at the airport practically almost 5 hours of previous time , very inconvenient! i would have spend longer time with family , I was wanting to avoid TSA line? but it just got me to spend unwanted time @ d airport

Plane boarded and left on time or very close to the stated departure. Arrived on time. Staff was subdued. Could not hear the flight attendant too well. No announcement from the pilot which is always nice. Biggest complaint absolutely no little snacks! But the important thing is we left and arrived on time and we survived.

Crew was not happy to be there and neither was I 😭 well at least the lady that helped me.. I was stuck in the middle seat between two men. Totally my fault since I didn’t pay a fee to select my seat though. I recommend paying the fee even if you’re in a budget. It’s better than being placed aaaaallllllll the way in the back next to the smelly bathrooms. The seats didn’t recline either!! It was a red eye flight so I got no sleep whatsoever. Ordered a coffee and it tasted like…. Let’s just say it was horrible. I had to to return it to the same crew lady and she looked at me like this girl…. Sorry but I was not going to drink that- please take it back!! Oh and lastly, my luggage was completely broken and damaged. All wheels were missing by the time my luggage came around in the luggage cart. Lmao. Overall poor experience to say the least. Tickets were cheap though😂😂😂

Delayed flight both ways. Then, on the return flight, we were stuck on the tarmac for at least 30+ minutes. Idk what happened, but this was a bad experience.

Great flight, no bumps to speak of, pleasant crew, good inflight entertainment choices

Coffee or tea service would be nice for an evening flight, water or juice not good enough.

this flight had a 7 hour delay due to weather in NYC. It diverted to Pittsburgh for 2 hours then proceeded to NYC. Through it all the crew and flight attendants were terrific. They gave timely information, showed empathy , and were very professional.

Paying for first class and then they want $8:00 for wifi.

fine. only problem,,,, for some,,,,was that many people started trying to exit from the back of the plane,, . lots of irate people. there should be a flight attendant mid plane..to be sure that doesn't happen. The crew up front had no idea what was happening. One big guy started it..then a bunch of others followed his lead. could have gotten ugly... One man stepped in and questioned those rule breakers.. nothing bad happened,,,but......

The flight was great! The flight attendants were friendly and attentive. I would definitely fly Hawaiian Aurlines again!

You have to buy the ear buds and they only offers little cup of water twice.

The flight was supposed to leave at 7:30pm, but departed 10:50pm. They kept moving departure time out every half hour. It was a 45 minute flight from n Sunday night with great weather.

Flight got delayed and it was very inconvenient . Had to come with another carrier. Had to spend one more night in San Francisco.

The worst flight experience I've ever had. Our flight was delayed 14 whole hours because the flight crew never showed up. We had to wait in a two hour line to get our new boarding passes, we were told we had no other option but to fly at 10pm (we didn't depart until 11:45pm). Everyone had to contact their hotels and car rental places, workplaces, etc. since we lost an entire day's worth of travel. The crew showed up at 10:15, which was past the time we were supposed to board. They were laughing and being completely smug when they boarded, and they took another hour to board us onto our flight. The flight crew never came to check in on us, we were quickly given one drink and sandwich and they turned off the lights and were negligent the rest of the trip. My mom asked three attendants for a seat belt extender, they never brought one. I was dehydrated and never received another drink. They were very rude and unfriendly, we had been up since 4am the morning of our flight and didn't land in our destination until 2am the next day (5am local time). This was unacceptable service and treatment, these flights are not cheap and we were inconvenienced out of an entire day of travel. This was 100% avoidable and was the fault of Hawaiian Airlines, and their crews inability to show up to work on time.

Loved the leg room, usb charging, outlet, food, staff. The seats were very uncomfortable for some reason and made my buttocks ache and would have liked to be seated together from the time of purchasing tickets without having to pay extra.

Usually we have a pleasant trip on HA. Not this time! All stewards were unpleasant, rude, rushed, condescending. First step onto the plane, WE greeted the crew with an “Hello!”. They greeted us with a terse smile then ignored us. Not a good start. Even over the PA announcements, they were rushed and unpleasant. One Stewart even berated a passenger in front of us when all they asked is if the purchase cart had vodka to purchase. The steward said “LIKE WE SAID OVER THE PA, THIS ONLY HAS FOOD OR BEVERAGE!” Vodka is a beverage! It was a legitimate question. Not sure why she treated the passenger this way. Taking trash was even unpleasant, No “Thank you” or at least a smile. I work in CS. I know good CS can make or break your trip. There was absolutely no “aloha” on this trip. All clearly did not want to be on this plane and felt strongly that they did not want to provide a premium service to their clients. This might be our last HA and cancellation of my HA-MC if we are treated the same way going home. We are typically treated with kindness and warmth in the past with HA. This trip was unacceptable.

Overall it was a good flight, but the food should be looked at. No options. The seat was also uncomfortable and very tight.

Thanks to the supervisor Jose my pregnant wife and our family will not miss a very important ultrasound tomorrow. What he did was simply heroic. He needs to be promoted and praised. Please tell him our family appreciates him so so much!

Check in process was a mess. Long lines, equipment malfuctioning. One line for baggage tags then a second line for bag checkin.

The pilots were late and it made us 1 hour late. The meat was tough and bok choy was also tough.

Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

The best airline I have ever travel , really good customer service, attention and service !!

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Flight was late as pilot crew had to land at different airport in their previous flight. Passengers boarded and had to wait for pilots inside plane. Series of incomplete and unnecessary announcements by an annoying voice, rather than complete, informative announcements.

Breakfast was not loaded at SFO due to catering company change. Seems like a major airline at a major hub would have thought of something else or warned passengers to pick up food before boarding a 3 hour flight.

Boarding seemed to be organized bedlam. For what ever reason, preboarding took longer than 20 minutes. Made the plane 20 minutes late taking off. Luckily we arrived on time. Flight crew seemed very friendly. Only slight turbulence.

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