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Cheap Flights to Honolulu

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Honolulu that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to Honolulu

Mon, Dec 1 - Mon, Dec 8
Qatar Airways Logo
13:45 - 22:02JNB-HNL
44h 17m2 stops
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22:45 - 8:40HNL-JNB
45h 55m2 stops
R26 502Qatar Airways
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Thu, Nov 13 - Mon, Nov 17
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:00 - 10:25JNB-HNL
59h 25m2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:25 - 7:25HNL-JNB
32h 00m2 stops
R27 786Cathay Pacific
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Thu, Nov 13 - Mon, Nov 17
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:00 - 10:25JNB-HNL
59h 25m2 stops
Cathay Pacific Logo
11:25 - 7:25HNL-JNB
56h 00m2 stops
R27 873Cathay Pacific
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Tue, Dec 2 - Tue, Dec 9
United Airlines Logo
19:45 - 20:39JNB-HNL
36h 54m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
23:30 - 18:35HNL-JNB
31h 05m2 stops
R34 533United Airlines
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Fri, Oct 31 - Fri, Nov 7
Qantas Airways Logo
17:30 - 9:00JNB-HNL
27h 30m1 stop
Qantas Airways Logo
10:45 - 15:00HNL-JNB
40h 15m1 stop
R34 793Qantas Airways
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Mon, Dec 1 - Mon, Dec 8
United Airlines Logo
22:00 - 21:03JNB-HNL
35h 03m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
20:45 - 9:30HNL-JNB
48h 45m2 stops
R36 510United Airlines
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Fri, Oct 31 - Fri, Nov 7
Multiple Airlines Logo
17:30 - 9:00JNB-HNL
27h 30m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:50 - 9:30HNL-JNB
35h 40m2 stops
R46 206Multiple Airlines
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Mon, Dec 1 - Mon, Dec 8
Delta Logo
22:00 - 12:12JNB-HNL
50h 12m2 stops
Delta Logo
17:00 - 19:00HNL-JNB
38h 00m1 stop
R49 623Delta
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Thu, Nov 13 - Mon, Nov 17
Delta Logo
21:30 - 21:49JNB-HNL
36h 19m2 stops
Delta Logo
17:00 - 19:00HNL-JNB
38h 00m1 stop
R55 017Delta
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Tue, Dec 9 - Tue, Dec 16
Multiple Airlines Logo
17:30 - 9:00JNB-HNL
27h 30m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
14:20 - 13:05HNL-JNB
34h 45m2 stops
R58 607Multiple Airlines
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When to travel
February
Cheapest • 14% price drop
December
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R26 502
Typical prices: R23 693-R33 388
Qatar Airways
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JNB - HNL • 2 stops
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Sun 19/10
JNB - HNL • multi-stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Honolulu

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

What is the cheapest month to fly to Honolulu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Honolulu, 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 to Honolulu is February, where tickets cost R26 554 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R36 111 and R35 920 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R21 230.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Honolulu?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Honolulu, 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, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 68 days before departure.

Good to know – Book Cheap Honolulu Plane Tickets

Low seasonAugust
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Best time to beat the crowds (0% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (12% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights to Honolulu

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Honolulu based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Honolulu based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Honolulu flights

  • How far is Honolulu Airport from central Honolulu?

    The distance between Honolulu Airport and the city centre of Honolulu is 7 km.

  • What is the name of Honolulu’s airport?

    There is only 1 airport in Honolulu, called Honolulu Airport (HNL). It can also be referred to as Honolulu or Honolulu Intl.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Honolulu?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Honolulu is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as R23 090. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are R26 799 on average.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Honolulu?

    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 to Honolulu.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Honolulu?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Honolulu 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 to Honolulu?

    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 to Honolulu 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 Honolulu?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Honolulu is generally at night, when flights cost R24 171 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Honolulu is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R58 996.

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Prefer to fly direct to Honolulu?

 
Nonstop data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying nonstop to Honolulu.
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Direct departures

South Africa to Honolulu

Monday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +44 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +45 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

Wednesday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aeromexico, +44 more

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Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +43 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +44 more

Friday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +47 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

Sunday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +47 more

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Direct returns

Honolulu to South Africa

Monday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +44 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +45 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

Wednesday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aeromexico, +44 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +45 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +43 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +44 more

Friday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +47 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +45 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

Sunday

AIR PREMIA, ANA, Aer Lingus, +46 more

AIR PREMIA, ANA, +47 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Honolulu

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Honolulu. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Honolulu. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Honolulu? 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.
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Cathay PacificOverall score based on 1028 reviews
8,1Crew
7,3Food
7,9Boarding
7,6Comfort
7,8Entertainment
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A lot of things Never flying with this airline again Had an emergency landing

2,0 MediocreEyal, Oct 2025HKG - LAX
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A lot of things Never flying with this airline again Had an emergency landing

Chicken pieces were too big with pasta. Need to be smaller.

They downgraded me from premium economy to regular economy and me had 2 major lay over and had to have an emergency landing due to engine failure mid flight Don’t use them worst experience I have ever had still dealing with the trauma

Overall pretty good experience. It would be nice to have caught the attendants even they were flying down the aisle with snacks, and if they could cater to multiple dietary restrictions (bland and no lactose. The customer service chat is a bad experience), but otherwise no complaints.

they are deley vancouver to hankong 3 hour after honkong 20 hour stay there honkong not visa approved and they cant help to visa so we are stay in airport 20 hour even honkong staf very bad person they cant do for us 6 hour we arround they said you there you go there waste time next time i dont want to go cathay stay in honkong

Just want to do a little more clean up so does not smell like urine.

it was a great experience as far as business class.. but I have had better meals and wine on other airlines.. that said.. the price was a great value for what I got in return.. crew made the difference.

Check in process at the kiosk, crew in flight and overall comfort was good. Food selection could have been better. Flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles did not have any vegetarian main course option, it was either sea food or chicken. Being a vegetarian I could only eat yogurt and fruit. Most international flights have one vegetarian main course dish which I found missing in Cathay Pacific menu.

Cabin crew is very helpful and nice, it is another level of service compared to Air Canada

The only problem I had was not being able to download my boarding passes prior to arriving at the airport. Everything else was perfect.

After already paying for excess luggage prior to flight, i was advised AT check in that i had to pay $816 or forfeit my flight! The lady at the counter was SO rude and had already started offboarding me when i said i would pay it after asking her three times for the exact amount! Have lodged a formal complaint yet heard nothing. Will not ever travel via Qantas again

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

they ran out of fruit for breakfast and so I just had a yogurt instead. other than that the flight was good

One of the best Qantas business flights I've had. Quality product

Poor! This flight was delayed 14 hours. There was no assistance in helping customers find other routes to their destination, nor any other kind of support. It was a chaotic experience. I'm not likely to fly with AA going forward.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

I tried to check in online but was unable to do so. I stood in line for nearly two hours to check in. American Airlines was understaffed. When I finally got to the kiosk to check in, I was still unable to check in. No AA staff was available to help. Finally one of the airport security agents who was helping passengers became of lack of AA Staff told me: “I think the reason you can’t check in is that you are starting your name with an upper case letter when you write it. Just write it with all lower case letters.” That did allow me to check in. HOW COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE AN INITIAL UPPER CASE LETTER TO SPELL THEIR OWN NAME, AA WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO CHECK IN?????? Then I had to wait in line over half an hour again to drop off my baggage. Although I arrived at the airport 3 hours early, by the time I got to the gate, they had already started boarding.

The wifi was out. Otherwise it was great flight. Richard, as CSM, was excellent.

Pretty excellent. I don’t know what the pilot could have done better with the bumping ( there was a storm) nor what happened to my ears coming down into bendigo. It doesn’t happen coming down into Sydney just the return flight. I wonder why?

Paid $10 for wifi for full flight duration and the wifi wasn’t available after initial 2 hours

My baggage is lost. Flight cancelled, Rebooked ticket through long routes. Mental stress, emotional hurt

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I would love the entertainment center to be updated with more content. The flight to Doha had more options than the one to Miami

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Not sure how we end up with American Airlines instead of Qatar Airways. From Philadelphia to Qatar they boarded us then they asked us to unload. After 30 minutes later they board us again. The inside the plane it was burning hot and we were sweating like crazy. Crew members are absolute rude. The way they served the passengers were horrible. One of the crew members hit my knee with food cart and kept going. I was holding an ice pack for almost 2 hours. I am still with the pain.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

Excellent all round, first time flying United. App is very helpful.

We Left Calgary 1/2 hour late and that made for a tight connection in Denver. After arriving everything was done to help us make our connection. That was a great effort. Thank You United

Efficient all round, very good crew. Short flight so the food, of course, was just snacks

The flight attendants were great, I joked with one I can’t remember her name, a blond, really sweet. I thought it was run well very professional. This was great i survived Spirit, I know for which I speak.

During booking, I kept trying submitting my payment from the Mexican website and it didn't work. After I had the idea to change it to the Canadian website, it worked but I had to be charged the equivalent of 50 CAD more. I received the clear instruction that I would only be able to check-in at the airport and that it was impossible to select a seat 24 hours before departure, that I had to pay 144 CAD to do so, although not only was I able to check-in 24 hours before departure, but I could have selected my seats for free then. All in all, I almost threw $200 out the window due to misleading information. Besides, the app kept crashing, the information to get to the gate on the app was inaccurate, my gate was switched and I was only informed once in the air (luckily I had noticed the departure pannel), I was not addressed in my language beforehand and even if I tried I was immediately answered in English (which meant the crew understood but didn't want to answer accordingly), there was only one snack & beverage service on my medium haul flight and no beverage service on my short haul flight. To be fair, the planes were comfortable, the crew apart from the language issue was helpful, dynamic and engaging, the plane was clean and the directions were clear and direct. United has a lot of potential to be one of my favourite airlines, but the devil is in the details and a lot of them missed the target.

Flight was timely, relatively comfortable, with decent entertainment and food served. Only problem encountered was with the free messaging which I highly appreciate, but it did not work from iphone to non-iphones.

Better WiFi. I cannot understand that in 2025, United is so behind on a technology that is now a necessity and still painfully unreliable, slow and keeps disconnecting.

The entertainment available didn’t work for anyone on the flight. Long 6 hr flight with no entertainment option and the staff didn’t know until an hour into the flight when we made sure they knew about it. They had no way to fix it.

Crew seemed a bit cranky. No seatback screens. But boarding was efficient and on time and we arrived early.

The worst landing I have ever had on a domestic flight. Thought we would lose the landing gear on landing in Newark. Then we spent 40 minutes trying to position the plane in the right place to be able to get the jet way to the plane. The plane arrived stopped. The announcer was that we were there. Everybody got up, then we were told to sit back down because they had to have us towed to a different position. We got towed and then everyone stood up and they told us we were in the wrong position to sit back down again, and then we got towed to a different position This did not happen immediately. It was 30 minutes while we wandered around a small section of the tarmac in Newark close to the gate, but apparently not close enough. Horrifying experience The CAB should be investigating that flight

One of the worst experience given the middle seat even asked for the change no one honored,boarded at the end and overall one of the worst experience

It was good although our flight to the UK was cancelled and rescheduled for two days later. This was after we were already seated on the plane. We missed the first leg of our trip. BA did put us up at a hotel and paid for our meals but we lost our hotel costs in Glasgow.

The crew was very nice and pleasant. We were very reluctant to book our flight with British Airlines because we had bad experience with their flight attendants on the previous trips, they were rude and not helpful.

I am a 25+ years American Airlines member. British Airways is simply above and beyond in every customer satisfaction category.

The seat pads are past there sell by date now and are uncomfotable. Also, with screens in the back of the seat, the seats shouldnt be able to recline as this puts rhe screen in your face.

1. The website didn’t allow me to checkin from London as I have Bangladesh passport with US permanent resident card. This pushed me to sit with my wife in the middle of two aisle seats, terrible experience! 2. BA should allow within 24 hours to checkin with other passport holders to choose better seats. A 2nd verification of travel documents can be done at the desk about immigration status. 3. Food options were poor for vegetarian passengers, try to introduce healthy options avoiding carb-dense food ingredients.

Cabin crew lovely and accommodating and I'll always fly BA in the future

It was perfect. The service was exceptional. I would never want to cross the Atlantic in anyone else's sardine tins.

As I have said it sucked, the ticket counter to have to find and pay for another airline to get home. Now I understand this happened over the weekend but they should have someone there to talk to us instead of throwing the regular crew under the bus.

Everything excellent except for bag drop off. We started at the D area and that was so slow that it was eventually closed just as we were about to go to a station. We then went to F. We got one suitcase checked and then the screen showed that the station was no longer operable. There were long lines everywhere so we had to ask if we could butt in to the next station to finish. Again, this was the only incident, otherwise it was an excellent flying experience

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