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Mon, Oct 26 - Tue, Oct 27
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:20 am - 9:49 pmOAK  Oakland-KOA Kona Intl
16h 29m1 stop Honolulu
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9:19 am - 8:08 pmKOA  Kona Intl-OAK Oakland
7h 49m1 stop Kahului
$330Alaska Airlines
Tue, Jan 19 - Tue, Jan 26
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8:00 am - 1:39 pmOAK  Oakland-KOA Kona Intl
7h 39m1 stop Honolulu
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11:29 pm - 12:22 pmKOA  Kona Intl-OAK Oakland
10h 53m1 stop Seattle/Tacoma Intl
$330Multiple Airlines
Mon, Nov 2 - Thu, Nov 19
Southwest Logo
4:15 pm - 9:25 pmOAK  Oakland-KOA Kona Intl
7h 10m1 stop Honolulu
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11:40 am - 10:30 pmKOA  Kona Intl-OAK Oakland
8h 50m1 stop Honolulu
$335Southwest
Tue, Jan 19 - Tue, Jan 26
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4:15 pm - 9:25 pmOAK  Oakland-KOA Kona Intl
7h 10m1 stop Honolulu
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6:00 am - 7:05 pmKOA  Kona Intl-OAK Oakland
11h 05m2 stops Honolulu San Diego
$345Southwest
Sat, Oct 24 - Mon, Oct 26
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:04 am - 2:43 pmOAK  Oakland-KOA Kona Intl
10h 39m1 stop San Diego
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10:36 am - 11:42 pmKOA  Kona Intl-OAK Oakland
10h 06m1 stop San Diego
$368Alaska Airlines
Sat, Oct 24 - Wed, Oct 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:04 am - 2:43 pmOAK  Oakland-KOA Kona Intl
10h 39m1 stop San Diego
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10:36 am - 11:42 pmKOA  Kona Intl-OAK Oakland
10h 06m1 stop San Diego
$368Alaska Airlines
Wed, Oct 28 - Wed, Oct 28
Delta Logo
11:30 am - 5:38 pmSJC  San Jose-KOA Kona Intl
9h 08m1 stop Seattle/Tacoma Intl
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10:02 pm - 9:18 amKOA  Kona Intl-SJC San Jose
8h 16m1 stop Los Angeles
$391Delta
Tue, Dec 8 - Tue, Dec 8
Delta Logo
9:38 am - 6:35 pmSJC  San Jose-KOA Kona Intl
10h 57m1 stop Los Angeles
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10:40 pm - 10:53 amKOA  Kona Intl-SJC San Jose
10h 13m1 stop Seattle/Tacoma Intl
$391Delta
Wed, Nov 11 - Wed, Nov 18
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:02 pmSJC  San Jose-KOA Kona Intl
11h 02m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
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10:21 pm - 12:15 pmKOA  Kona Intl-SJC San Jose
11h 54m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
$396American Airlines
Tue, Dec 8 - Tue, Dec 8
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:02 pmSJC  San Jose-KOA Kona Intl
11h 02m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
American Airlines Logo
10:21 pm - 12:08 pmKOA  Kona Intl-SJC San Jose
11h 47m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
$431American Airlines
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Flight from San Jose to Kailua-Kona

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco Bay Area to Kailua-Kona

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4190 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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had to check bag at gate when there was still overhead bin space. As usual the WIFI didn't really work.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, Sep 2026
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had to check bag at gate when there was still overhead bin space. As usual the WIFI didn't really work.

The Southwest airline was ok. A big thank you to Kayak team (David), who worked with me on Sunday afternoon to rebook my travel from Burbank, CA, to CVG. My original flight on Sunday was delayed, so I had to cancel Sunday flight and rebook my travel to Monday. Could not have done it without help from David from Kayak team. Ante Soda GE Aerospace

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

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

I recently flew Southwest from San Jose to Honolulu. I was very impressed with the flight crew, especially the flight attendant in charge of the front of the plane. She came through the aisle at least five times for drinks and water, and two times for snacks. I have not seen such service since I flew first class. Also, for the first time, they gave us the correct baggage claim number, and the luggage came out quickly. I can't wait for Southwest to have assigned seating! I absolutely hate the Cattle Call boarding procedure and the mad dash to get seats and overhead bins. However, the boarding was efficient.

Much better than the.last. flight on SW on Thanksgiving day

Unfortunately it was not a good experience. There was a rude stewardess.

Boarding was well explained and smooth. The flight was short, so there was no time for snacks. They did offer water or juice, though.

The flight was very short, 45 mins, therefore no snacks/drinks were provided; there should be a NA option for food and entertainment survey questions. Also, there were no charging ports onboard for cell phones. My experience was overall positive.

Price was right. Add power to the seats, television, larger plane to accommodate a long flight to improve mental health and overall comfort for a 5 hour flight.

Low cost, but I think I really wanted an aisle seat, and I could not easily get one. The return leg might be easier.

It was fine. It was a 30 minute flight so there was water or fruit juice and no food. Which was totally fine. The check in, gate and flight crew were all excellent.

I didn’t order food so can’t really say how it was. Overall, it was a great experience.

Had to sit and wait to get off the plane for closeto a hour. My son also flying to a different destination that day also had like a 2.5 hr delay

Tickets we booked together in January became two different connecting flights. VERY PISSED a about this and a terrible start to our bucket list vacation

Flight was delayed which led to missed connection, but rebooked on a more direct flight at the last minute and arrived in Juneau on time with all our luggage. Little stressful and our family seating got split, but it all worked out in the end.

they didn't fix a plane and we were delayed travelling an extra 12 hours.

This flight was how a flight should be. The flight from Hawaii to Seattle was terrible

While the flight itself was pleasant, the process of checking in was difficult. The line was long and our connection time was but two hours. When we finally got to the Hawaiian agent and told him that we were traveling on Alaskan Airlines, he told us we would need to go to a different terminal. I told him that another Hawaiian Airlines agent had directed us to him. I’m looking at our tickets, he noticed that the Alaskan Airlines flight was to be managed by a second party. He ended admonish us for not telling us so Rather than considering that we might’ve been right in the first place.

Plane left an hour late due to flight staffing problems. Only a 45 min flight, but it took 3 hours as a result, which left a lot of people disgruntled. No excuses. No recompense.

Seats were not bad enough and uncomfortable good legroom in the emergency exit row we were in, but we were forbidden to hold my grandson on my lap for a little while, and the stewardess passed us saying it was against regulations which makes little or no sense when you’re 36,000 feet. The food snacks were really bad. Tasteless tasted like wallpaper, but we’re supposed to be protein bars, and the announcements were all completely incoherent because of the noise of the airplane and the lowness and crackly nature of the PA system.. this was disgraceful. No one in our party could understand a word of what the captain or the flight attendant were saying —not a word! The landing was a little hairy in a pretty stiff crosswind -we bounced before the plane stabilized on the runway

Crew was nice, meal was good. Entertainment had to be rebooted 3 times and still did not work. Turns out there was residue on screen, it needed to be cleaned to prevent the touchscreen buttons from continuously activating. I had entertainment for the last 45 minutes of a 5 hour 45 minute flight. Really unacceptable for first class. Flight attendent indicated your cleaning solution creates this problem. Seems as if this is widely known, you should be using a different product or cleaning better. Really really disappointing which simply added to the wi fi on your planes with reliably never ever works.

Long flight but comfortable and not freezing as I have experienced on Hawaiian flights to the islands. They gave us blankets just in case. Nice touch.

NEVER MADE THE FLIGHT BECAUSE DELTA SAID THEY CAN NOT

Everything I mentioned earlier - the airbus was more comfortable indeed and the experience was further enhanced.

First class and monitors weren’t working for mine & my husbands. Eventually fixed, but quite annoyed as we bought first class. Also, No foot rests.

It would be nice if was given wires ear buds. Overall was a good experience was able to sleep on the plane

Delta seems to be improving in many areas, except they are super bad with the food available. Bring back normal food service on long flights.

Paid premium for Delta only to be on safe but tired old 767 with ancient cabin in mediocre condition. Poor wifi and horrible inflight entertainment. Hardly a premium experience. Should have flown SW and had fun flight crew and no pretense

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

I always love flying Hawaii and I have nothing to add

They cancelled our flight and one after and then crammed everyone on a late flight. Refused to give us a meal voucher because the delay was less than 3 hours. In the end the delay was 4 hours. No reason was ever given for the cancelled flights. Fly Southwest!

Flight delayed. Then left much later than new time. 88 year old dad waiting at Kona airport for ages.

Hawaiian airlines canceled my flight the night before my a due to weather. This is fine, I know this happens. In the email alerting me to the cancellation they said they would reach out to reschedule. I got this email at dinner time the night before the trip. I didn’t hear back so I called and was on hold for hours, I tried their texting questions option and never heard back. I tried to chat with a representative online, the website says you can chat and have questions answered but there is no link to a chat option anywhere on the site. After hours trying to get someone to communicate with me about the details of the cancellation and my rescheduling options I have up, got the flight refunded and booked a much more expensive last minute flight. Nonexistent customer service, I’ll never fly Hawaiian again.

The plane was very old. No screens on the back of the seat and there was obvious wear and tear in both the bathroom and the seating areas.

Plane had screws missing from engine cowling. Retire that POS

The check in women was very nasty attitude to the passengers from Lihue airport flight 68

Liked promptness of boarding and take off. Enjoyed warm breakfast sandwich and cookie, with water throughout flight. Thought there would have been more entertainment options on a 5 hour flight.

Liked all aspects except boarding notification. Long delay with little support in knowing about change in boarding gates .

Delayed over 6 hours then sat on tarmac for over an hour

My return flight to Honolulu (UA 1170) was on a 777-200. I’d forgotten the weird seating arrangement in first-class (2-2-2); I was in 1B, so I faced the passenger in 1C. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the flight computer, so we left LA an hour late (6:05pm). The meal I chose was Korean BBQ Glazed short rib. It was served with a nice salad and fried rice. This meal was better than breakfast on the outgoing leg. All in all, a decent flying experience. Ratings: 777: 3.75, food: 3.5, service: 5 (out of 5).

Great staff. Clean plane, but we were delayed for more than an hour due to maintenance issues and had to board another plane.

I’m so sorry, I can’t remember her name, I believe it was Dimpti. She was stellar, also a mature Asian flight attendant, lots of flowers in her hair, just as amazing! But literally the crew was AWESOME . Only downside is there weren’t any charging outlets. Maybe I needed to ask a flight attendant , but it would’ve been nice to have one easily accessible.

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

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.

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.

The personnel were professional and friendly. The Boeing 737 Max 9 is too claustrophobic and was very warm at both airport gates, and still warm in the air.

Left 2 hours later for delayed I had to take care a kid with special need since people don’t want to move to accommodate the rest of the family. . It wasn’t bad but that made me upset that people can be that selfish.

Everything was great, only problem was that flights were delayed

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