$153 Find Cheap Flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area departing on 10/30. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
1 adult
1 adult, Economy

KAYAK searches hundreds of travel sites at once for deals on flights to San Francisco Bay Area

 
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area, as well as popular online travel agencies
Travelers love KAYAK
41,299,237 searches in the past 7 days on KAYAK

Save 20% or moreCompare multiple travel sites with one search.

Track pricesNot ready to book? Create a price alert for when prices drop.

Bundle and saveSave money when you bundle your flight + hotel.

Filter your dealsChoose cabin class, free Wi-Fi and more.

Flights Deals
Useful Info
Flights Deals

Best San Francisco Bay Area Flight Deals from Honolulu

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$328
San Jose
San Josenonstop$333
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$328
San Jose
San Josenonstop$333

Cheap Flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area

Tue, Oct 28 - Wed, Oct 29
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:30 pm - 11:18 amHNL-STS
9h 48m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:29 pm - 10:05 pmSTS-HNL
10h 36m1 stop
$322Alaska Airlines
Find Deal
Thu, Sep 18 - Mon, Sep 22
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:56 pm - 8:09 amHNL-SFO
5h 13mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:04 pm - 10:41 pmSFO-HNL
5h 37mnonstop
$328Alaska Airlines
Find Deal
Fri, Nov 21 - Sun, Nov 30
Southwest Logo
8:15 am - 3:25 pmHNL-SJC
5h 10mnonstop
Southwest Logo
8:00 am - 3:00 pmSJC-HNL
9h 00m1 stop
$333Southwest
Find Deal
Tue, Nov 25 - Sun, Nov 30
Southwest Logo
5:50 am - 7:35 pmHNL-SJC
11h 45m1 stop
Southwest Logo
8:00 am - 3:00 pmSJC-HNL
9h 00m1 stop
$338Southwest
Find Deal
Fri, Sep 5 - Sun, Oct 5
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 9:35 pmHNL-SJC
9h 35m1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 5:22 pmSJC-HNL
12h 22m1 stop
$343Hawaiian Airlines
Find Deal
Tue, Sep 2 - Wed, Sep 10
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
9:20 pm - 10:32 amHNL-SFO
10h 12m1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
4:52 pm - 11:36 pmSFO-HNL
9h 44m1 stop
$347Hawaiian Airlines
Find Deal
Tue, Sep 2 - Wed, Sep 10
United Airlines Logo
10:25 pm - 6:27 amHNL-SFO
5h 02mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
4:10 pm - 6:33 pmSFO-HNL
5h 23mnonstop
$389United Airlines
Find Deal
Fri, Sep 5 - Tue, Sep 9
Delta Logo
10:42 pm - 12:51 pmHNL-SFO
11h 09m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 7:05 pmSFO-HNL
16h 10m2 stops
$396Delta
Find Deal
Thu, Sep 4 - Mon, Sep 8
Delta Logo
10:42 pm - 12:51 pmHNL-SFO
11h 09m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 7:05 pmSFO-HNL
16h 10m2 stops
$406Delta
Find Deal
Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 25
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 2:55 pmHNL-SFO
4h 55mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
1:30 pm - 4:05 pmSFO-HNL
5h 35mnonstop
$423United Airlines
Find Deal
Useful Info

KAYAK's insights & trends for Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area flights

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

What is the cheapest Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area.

The cheapest ticket to San Francisco Bay Area from Honolulu found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $288 round-trip. The most popular route is from Honolulu (HNL) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $288.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $1,639, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area, 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 Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area is December, when tickets cost $346 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $514 and $473 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area?

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to San Francisco Bay Area on a Thursday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Saturday is the most expensive day to fly from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Saturdays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area, 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 the flight from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area, you should book around 6 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonOctober
Cheapest flight$153
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
Flight from Honolulu to San Jose

Flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area 
Verified travelerFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesHNL-OAKMay 2025
Make sure you give yourself time, our gate was a long walk down but noticed there was a shuttle option? Because of timing I decided to walk it, I wouldve liked to take a shuttle.
GeraldFlew with Hawaiian AirlinesHNL-SFOFeb 2025
There is an agricultural inspection of carryon bags at the gate. Don’t try and bring home any pineapples.

FAQs - booking San Francisco Bay Area flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area 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 Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area 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 San Francisco Bay Area?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $444 on average. Morning departures are around 65% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $735.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to San Francisco Bay Area

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Honolulu to the following destinations at these prices or less: San Francisco $277 one-way - $573 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area. 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 Honolulu to San Francisco Bay Area? 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
8.5Crew
7.1Entertainment
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

One of the stewardess, Tre, went above and beyond to ensure my comfort!

10.0 ExcellentJenny, Jun 2025IAD - SFO
Read more Alaska Airlines reviews

One of the stewardess, Tre, went above and beyond to ensure my comfort!

Alaska app and website had numerous problems so couldn’t get boarding passes or check seats

Flight was very warm. It felt like there was no working AC.

Big delay of over 7 hours on next leg of trip with Alaska. Would have been nice to have food or something

Very good. Gate personnel were excellent flight attendants were also able to change my seat at the last minute everyone, courteous, polite, and.

I was so cold. I am so glad I brought a short sleeve shirt and a long sleeve shirt and a jacket. Also knee high socks and slippers

Passengers were not informed timely of delays. The staff appeared like they didn't really care about the passengers.

Both flights were delayed going to our destination and leaving, and communication about the delays was not great by the airlines, now the crews were phenomenal and great to be around!!

Really good except my daughter's tv broke during the flight so she could watch tv

Delayed. It's not our first flight with them either, it's actually our 3rd and all 3 were delayed by hours each time. It was a myriad of delays. On one flight we boarded after being delayed for a little over an hr, only to be told we were going to sit in the plane for another hour before departing. Once landed, we waited another 40ish min to get to our gate. On another flight, flight was delayed just under 3 hrs but atleast we got to wait it out at the airport terminal. Its just a bad experience overall flying with Alaska Airlines.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

If I knew I would be on Alaska Airlines flying back, I never would have bought the ticket. My flight kept getting delayed and Alaska always seems to be late which is why I don’t fly on them.

I DID NOT GO TO HAWAII ON HAWAIIAN AIRLINES. YOU DID NOT INFORM ME THAT BY CHOOSING BASIC ECONOMY, I MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO FLY STANDBY. I AM ELDERLY AS WAS MY COMPANION WHO IS ALSO SEVERELY DISABLED AND THERE WOULD BE NO WAY WE COULD TRAVEL ON STANDBY. THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL OF THE BASIC ECONOMY SEATS HAD BEEN SELECTED BY OTHER PASSENGERS AND WE HAD TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $942 TO GET A SECURED SEAT ON THE PLAN AND, IN SPITE OF THE ADDITIONAL COST, WE WERE NOT ALLOW US TO AMEND OUR TRAVEL PLANS TO EXTEND OUR VACATION. ULTIMATELY, THE FLIGHT WAS DELAYED. WE WERE OFFERED A REFUND IF WE CANCELED OUR TRIP ALTOGETHER WHICH WE DID. IT IS YOUR DUTY TO INFORM YOUR CUSTOMERS OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THEY MAY FACE, AND YOU DID NOT DO SO. I WILL NOT UTILIZE YOUR SERVICES EVER AGAIN.

Because the airport is under construction and because Hawaiian air just changed terminals we missed boarding out flight by 5 minutes. That cost me a night in an airport hotel and several hours of rebooking to make it to my destination. Costumers need to know that airport construction is a problem and they need to add an hour to deal with the air train delays from Federal Circle.

Bar code for checking luggage and boarding pass didn't work. Had to stand in long customer service line. Passengers at Oahu should be aware the Terminal for Hawaiian Air requires travel by shuttle. Budget an extra 20-30 minutes to get from the main terminal to the remote terminal.

Really enjoyed their food treats, staff was friendly and they kept our seats together, check in was excellent, boarding passes uploaded to my wallet! I would definitely recommend Hawaiian airlines to friends and family! 🌺

Great service, fast internet, got a lot of work done during the flight.

Checking baggage at Honolulu was a real mess. No signs directing where to go.

Love that as soon as you get on you are seeing and hearing Hawaii. Was glad to hear that they are stressing safety over the pressure to arrive on time.

All in All a great experience. Cost of luggage sucks … first time I ever had to pay for luggage. Otherwise the check in counter was awesome, the gate clerks were great and the Stewards & Esses were the best.

Love Hawaiian you can’t go wrong, still provides you good drinks and little snack at the end

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

Very good - being handicap it was very hard for me in a center aisle bulkhead seat that Zi was assigned think it was 29-G as I had a hard time opening the entertainment screen and tray table. 30-G would have maid it easier. I was assign 29-G as it was the only handicap seat without being charged even though I was handicap (disability)

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

Everything you need to know for your flight to San Francisco Bay Area

Information on your arrival and departure airports

Not what you’re looking for? Find thousands of other hotels, flights, car rentals and package deals with KAYAK.