Given below is the flight time from San Diego, United States to Honolulu, United States. Flight time calculator to calculate time taken to reach Honolulu from San Diego by air. The nearest airport to San Diego is San Diego International Airport (SAN) and the nearest airport to Honolulu is Honolulu International Airport (HNL)

Departure
San Diego
Arrival
Honolulu

Flight time from San Diego to Honolulu is 6 hours 5 minutes

Non-Stop flight duration from SAN to HNL is 6 hours 5 minutes (Operated by Hawaiian Airlines)

Non-stop flights could take upto 6 hours 15 minutes.

Direct flights with stop-over takes between 7 hours to 9 hours hours based stopover city.

Non-stop flight time from United States (SAN) to United States (HNL) by different airlines

Most of the flights by major airlines departing from San Diego arrive at Honolulu International Airport. Honolulu is served by 1 international airports.

JourneyDurationAirline
SAN ➝ HNL  
6 hours 5 minutes Hawaiian Airlines
SAN ➝ HNL  
6 hours 5 minutes Hawaiian Airlines
SAN ➝ HNL  
6 hours 5 minutes Hawaiian Airlines

Number of Airports in Honolulu : 1 International Airport  
Number of Airports in San Diego : 1 International Airport

Distance Between San Diego, United States & Honolulu, United States is 4200 Kilo Meters

Flight time from San Diego to Honolulu via Maui, HI • SAN to HNL via OGG

Flight duration from San Diego International Airport to Honolulu International Airport via Kahului Airport, United States on Hawaiian Airlines flight is 7 hours 55 minutes

SAN to OGG
6 hrs 5 mins
OGG
 Waiting Time
1 hr 6 mins
OGG to HNL
44 mins
Total Duration:
7 hrs 55 mins

Flight time from San Diego to Honolulu via San Francisco, CA • SAN to HNL via SFO

Flight duration from San Diego International Airport to Honolulu International Airport via San Francisco International Airport, United States on United Airlines flight is 8 hours 35 minutes

SAN to SFO
1 hr 40 mins
SFO
 Waiting Time
1 hr 20 mins
SFO to HNL
5 hrs 35 mins
Total Duration:
8 hrs 35 mins

Flight time from San Diego, United States to airports near Honolulu, United States

Direct flight and one stop flight time from San Diego International Airport, San Diego to airports nearest to Honolulu is given in the table below

JourneyDestination AirportsDurationStops
SAN - LIH Kauai Island, Lihue Airport 8 hrs 30 mins 1 Stop
SAN - OGG Maui, HI, Kahului Airport 6 hrs 5 mins Non-Stop

Airlines operating flights between San Diego and Honolulu

  • American Airlines
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Hawaiian Airlines
  • United Airlines

San Diego time is 3 hours ahead of Honolulu

Current time in San Diego, United States : Mon, 22 Jun, 2026,
San Diego Timezone: PDT (-07:00)

06:39 AM

Current time in Honolulu, United States :, Mon, 22 Jun, 2026,
Honolulu Timezone: HST (-10:00)

03:39 AM

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SAN to HNL Flight - San Diego Airport to Honolulu Airport Flight Route Map

The airports map below shows the location of San Diego Airport & Honolulu Airport. Know the flight direction and San Diego to Honolulu flight path

San Diego - Lat: 32.7319, Long: -117.197
Honolulu - Lat: 21.3329, Long: -157.921

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