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$141 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Honolulu

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Cheap Flights from San Francisco Bay Area to Honolulu

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco Bay Area 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 round-trip flight deals from San Francisco Bay Area to Honolulu

Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Sep 1
Southwest Logo
1:30 pm - 9:15 pm
SJC
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HNL
10h 45m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
8:15 am - 4:15 pm
HNL
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SJC
5h 00mnonstop
$338Southwest
Sun, Aug 23 - Thu, Aug 27
Southwest Logo
3:05 pm - 9:20 pm
SJC
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HNL
9h 15m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
8:15 am - 4:15 pm
HNL
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SJC
5h 00mnonstop
$340Southwest
Mon, Aug 17 - Wed, Aug 26
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:15 am - 10:49 am
SJC
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HNL
5h 34mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:28 pm - 8:37 pm
HNL
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SJC
5h 09mnonstop
$350Multiple Airlines
Wed, Sep 16 - Mon, Sep 21
Delta Logo
9:05 am - 4:05 pm
SJC
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HNL
10h 00m
1 stop
Delta Logo
9:59 pm - 12:53 pm
HNL
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SJC
11h 54m
1 stop
$351Delta
Thu, May 14 - Thu, May 21
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:24 am
OAK
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HNL
5h 24mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:35 am - 10:05 pm
HNL
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OAK
10h 30m
1 stop
$352Alaska Airlines
Wed, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 23
Delta Logo
9:05 am - 4:05 pm
SJC
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HNL
10h 00m
1 stop
Delta Logo
9:45 pm - 2:10 pm
HNL
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SJC
13h 25m
1 stop
$352Delta
Tue, Aug 11 - Thu, Aug 20
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:25 am - 10:59 am
OAK
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HNL
5h 34mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:20 pm - 8:30 pm
HNL
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OAK
5h 10mnonstop
$354Alaska Airlines
Wed, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 19
United Airlines Logo
1:56 pm - 7:48 pm
SFO
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HNL
8h 52m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 11:57 pm
HNL
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SFO
5h 07mnonstop
$356United Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Wed, Aug 26
United Airlines Logo
1:55 pm - 4:25 pm
SFO
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HNL
5h 30mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 5:42 pm
HNL
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SFO
7h 42m
1 stop
$357United Airlines
Sun, Aug 16 - Wed, Aug 26
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 11:10 am
SFO
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5h 40mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:19 pm - 11:59 pm
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SFO
7h 40m
1 stop
$358Multiple Airlines
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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$141
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 22% increase in price.
Flight from Oakland to Honolulu

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

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Francisco Bay Area to Honolulu 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines
SJC
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HNL
May 2025
Get there early, you may have to walk to a different terminal
LawrenceFlew with United Airlines
SFO
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HNL
May 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 Southwest
SJC
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HNL
Dec 2024
If you're flying from San Jose, arrive at the airport early. You never know how long the line at TSA will be. If you have time, the airport has well-designed facilities and reasonable priced restaurants. The Southwest ground staff is professional and will help you through the check-in and cattle call boarding process
FSFlew with Hawaiian Airlines
OAK
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HNL
Oct 2024
Bring your own headset, else you need to pay for some, if you need them.
William DrewFlew with Alaska Airlines
SFO
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HNL
Nov 2024
Arrive at least two hours before your flight.

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from San Francisco Bay Area to Honolulu

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco Bay Area 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.
7.9
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 12325 reviews
7.8Comfort
7.1Food
7.0Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

You can standby to get on earlier flight if the seat is open.

10.0 ExcellentYibin, Apr 2026
OGG - HNL
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You can standby to get on earlier flight if the seat is open.

Boarding was easy and quick. Staff was very friendly. Service of snacks and drinks by staff was outstanding.

Our flight when we finally got rerouted to a different destination than we were going was fine. But 2 days was taken out of our vacation because our flit was cancelled. We understand mechanical problems and of course don’t want to be on a plane that has mechanical problems.Wish there had been another solution.

Kayak wouldn’t refund me for a flight I was trying to cancel through Kayak. Alaska airlines said I had to cancel through Kayak. I called the customer service line and they couldn’t refund the flight that I booked through Kayak either. You stole my money. You will be hearing from my lawyer.

The bathroom trash container under the sink fell out and was like that long before my flight. The plane smelled of canned fish and floor was Deteriorating

I behave had better flights this one was old and poor

Good overall. Except for 1 crew member, they were all great.

See previous. It was the flight from Honolulu to Kapalua that was cancelled.

Good. Flight was good. Crew was good. Wish they offered coffee refills. Wish I didn’t have to pay for headphones. Otherwise good for a commercial flight.

Should have been forthcoming for reason for delay. Should have been able to check in for seat I'd like.

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

Fabulous if you have a portable wheelchair. They can store it in the galley and you can just walk out with it. Really nice and the flat seats are just incredible, very nice. iPads for movies, also pretty nice,

The crew at Hawaiian Airlines was fantastic. Kind and hard working. The pilots were great with giving us all the updates to make sure we were informed.

Very good. Nice plane and we sat in economy plus - bigger seats, more room. They served a meal and snacks, and the meal was an apple stuffed pancake that was very good! The snack for us was a hummus sandwich - also very good. The flight attendants were helpful and nice. They have plenty of movies and shows to watch. My only negative -- they changed our flights around and did not adjust the layovers, so we ended up with a very long and unnecessary layover in Honolulu.

Flight scheduled to take off at 5.55pm but it did not take off until 7pm due to some food delivery delay.

Wasn’t on the flight due to Alaska cancellation…also after all the rerouting, I was going to be on a later flight that left SFO at 7:47pm, which meant an almost 6 hour layover. That same Hawaiian flight was delayed for another 2hours.

Everything was great and smooth. Given the short flight there was no entertainment but the rating does not give this option. My first flight with Hawaiian was a success all around.

comfortable but the food is horrible. I have flown Hawaiian several times now and no matter what they say the food is its the same squashed bread with melted goop inside. Tastes fake and isnt what they represent, its quite nasty. What happend to real food? And there is NO entertainment!! so not sure why they are asking for a review on that.

I was very, very cold and a stranger loaned me her sweater next to me. I didn’t wanna buy a blanket just for a four hour trip when I did not need the pillow or the earphones. I don’t mind purchasing a blanket, but I only needed that not all of it accessories. Cold air pretty much blew the entire trip. Two people in front of me both bought the blanket packages. Maybe that’s the idea. The crew was exceptionally nice and passed through multiple times.. the restrooms were very clean and usually accessible.

Very accommodating on flight changes when something came up. Definitely felt a notch above other airlines.

They we able to seat my companion and I next to each other. Plane’s temperature was very cool. Willl be more prepared on return trip.

Overall a good experience, but no wifi available for free or for purchase and we got wet from condensation or other water source during descent.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

It was a more comfortable seat don't get stuck in middle, makes for uncomfortable situation

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

It was perfect! I've never flown with United before, but I definitely will in the future

I had a cancelled flight because of technical issues going to my destination, and a delayed flight coming home. All told it wasn’t a total bust.

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

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