$149 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to The Big Island

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Jose to The Big Island departing on 8/13. 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.
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Best The Big Island Flight Deals from San Jose

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Konanonstop$298
Hilo
Hilo2 stops$318
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Konanonstop$298
Hilo
Hilo2 stops$318

Cheap Flights from San Jose to The Big Island

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Jose to The Big Island 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 Jose to The Big Island

Mon, Aug 25 - Wed, Oct 8
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:27 amSJC-KOA
5h 27mnonstop
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2:54 pm - 10:59 pmKOA-SJC
5h 05mnonstop
$298Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Aug 25 - Tue, Oct 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:27 amSJC-KOA
5h 27mnonstop
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8:19 am - 7:23 pmKOA-SJC
8h 04m1 stop
$303Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Oct 22 - Tue, Oct 28
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:27 amSJC-KOA
5h 27mnonstop
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9:00 pm - 8:05 pmKOA-SJC
20h 05m1 stop
$304Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Aug 27 - Thu, Oct 9
Delta Logo
7:23 am - 5:34 pmSJC-KOA
13h 11m1 stop
Delta Logo
9:45 pm - 12:53 pmKOA-SJC
12h 08m1 stop
$317Delta
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Thu, Oct 2 - Mon, Oct 6
Delta Logo
7:20 am - 5:44 pmSJC-KOA
13h 24m1 stop
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9:45 pm - 12:53 pmKOA-SJC
12h 08m1 stop
$344Delta
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Fri, Sep 19 - Fri, Sep 26
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:27 amSJC-KOA
5h 27mnonstop
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1:28 pm - 9:35 pmKOA-SJC
5h 07mnonstop
$352Hawaiian Airlines
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Fri, Sep 19 - Fri, Sep 26
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:27 amSJC-KOA
5h 27mnonstop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
9:32 pm - 11:15 amKOA-SJC
10h 43m1 stop
$362Hawaiian Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Wed, Aug 27
Southwest Logo
8:20 pm - 12:10 pmSJC-KOA
18h 50m2 stops
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6:05 am - 4:20 pmKOA-SJC
7h 15m1 stop
$370Southwest
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Fri, Sep 19 - Fri, Sep 26
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:25 pmSJC-KOA
11h 25m1 stop
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9:55 pm - 12:04 pmKOA-SJC
11h 09m1 stop
$393American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Wed, Aug 27
Southwest Logo
8:20 pm - 12:10 pmSJC-KOA
18h 50m2 stops
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7:00 pm - 10:05 amKOA-SJC
12h 05m2 stops
$444Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Jose to The Big Island flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Jose to The Big Island to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest San Jose to The Big Island flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from San Jose to The Big Island.

The cheapest ticket to The Big Island from San Jose found in the last 72 hours was to Kailua-Kona, at $297 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Jose (SJC) to Kailua-Kona (KOA), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $297.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Jose to The Big Island?

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 $874, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Jose to The Big Island?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to The Big Island, 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 San Jose to The Big Island is September, when tickets cost $296 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $568 and $521 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Jose to The Big Island?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Jose to The Big Island clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to The Big Island on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to San Jose, you should consider flying back on a Friday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Jose to The Big Island?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Jose to The Big Island, 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 San Jose to The Big Island, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonMay
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$149
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 12% lower on average.
Flight from San Jose to Kailua-Kona

FAQs - booking The Big Island flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Jose to The Big Island?

    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 San Jose to The Big Island.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Jose to The Big Island?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Jose to The Big Island 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 San Jose to The Big Island?

    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 San Jose to The Big Island 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 San Jose to The Big Island?

    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 San Jose to The Big Island 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 The Big Island?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to The Big Island is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $234 on average. Morning departures are around 78% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to The Big Island is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $416.

Top 5 airlines serving from San Jose to The Big Island

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Jose to The Big Island. 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 San Jose to The Big Island? 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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Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
7.1Food
7.1Entertainment
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Terrible check in experience, and they ended up losing our bag.

2.0 MediocreEmilie, Jun 2025KOA - OGG
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Terrible check in experience, and they ended up losing our bag.

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

Our big luggage never made it to Boston. Very crucial to get it ASAP as heart medication is in there.

Wish I got An email stating that I needed to check in at hawaiian even if I made my ticket thru alaska. I had to walk to terminal A from Terminal B.

These questions are hard to answer. It was not until I checked in that I learned my flight was going to Seattle for a connection and not Portland. I did not get notified, or asked, about this change by Alaska or Kayak. Thankfully I made this flight; but missed the connecting flight and it took me much longer to get home. A service representative for Alaska says this happens frequently with third party companies, like Kayak. Please please figure that out.

Long delay before boarding. By the time I was informed of the delay I was already at the gate.

One of the worst check-in experiences ever. Apparently, we were overweight and had to completely repack. They tried to charge us an extra $35 per bag on top of the standard checked baggage fee we had already paid in advance. Surprisingly, we managed to fit everything into our carry-ons and stayed under their precious 50-pound limit. (By the way, 23 kg is actually 50.7 lbs, so we couldn’t even go slightly over 50 according to the very unfriendly agent.)

Tight legroom. The breakfast was provided, which was a plus, and okay the taste.

Awful. We got the last seats and they don't recline. We've been on this horrible journey since 6am and won't get to our destination almost a full day later. Oh and no food, either. Never again.

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

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

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.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Employees were kind and funny, as always! Flight was late but no announcements were made for people with tight connections to help them transition quickly. No service due to turbulence.

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

We had a nice flight. Boarding was easy, our seats were comfortable and the on board service was pleasant.

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

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.

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

737-800 in first class was pretty dumpy. Seat had an uncomfortable angle, storage under the seat was blocked so even my very modest backpack didn't fit, power outlet was flaky. Weird tiny seat pockets that couldn't hold a gallon ziploc bag, emesis bag missing, etc. etc. No in-flight service due to turbulence. Crew was excellent, boarding was smooth despite a full flight.

Delta flight was on time, seats were comfortable, and crew was nice.

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

It was terrible, if they ran flights on time it would make a big difference.

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.

I actually received a notification from kayak on email but not one by text from Delta when my departure gait changed and I almost missed my flight

New boarding doesn't make sense. Filling front first is slow.

Delta flight was great from the check in all the way to arrival. However, I had a very bad experience. I requested a wheelchair and the wheelchair employee that went to pick me up from the plane in Boston to bring me to the baggage claims told me I have to pay him. I was under the impression that it was a free service and I usually give tips but the person forced me to pay and since I said no because I was upset with his demand when my daughter walked in to pick me up he demanded payment from my daughter who paid him thinking maybe now it is a charged service.

It was very pleasant. The staff and crew are very polite.

Hawaiian Airlines staff is always professional & quick & easy check in & boarding process

Customer service by Susan of Alaskan Air was outstanding. We missed our flight out of JFK. She got us rebooked the following day. Way to go Susan.

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.

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

We boarded an hour and a half late because a coffee maker leaked in the plane. Then we had to wait for awhile to get off the plane because another plane was in our spot at the terminal. I had plans when I landed that I had to skip so it was pretty disappointing.

We moved from the international terminal to a new location. I think there are still some bugs to work out . We didn’t receive check in notification and had to scramble to find it but i think it will work out

Not so good. The takeoff was aborted after reaching 100 knots due to a problem with the front tires. I do commend the pilot for a quick decision and preventing a potential disaster. We returned to the gate to put fresh tires on the front. Our flight was delayed for over 3 hours. The rest of the flight was okay. We were reimbursed by Hawaiian Airlines for only $50. Not too generous

Arrived at the gate with no seats assigned. Was told by gate agent the flight was full and we would not be on it. I asked the gate agent how could I be sold tickets when the flight was full. She replied, “Thats just how they do it.” I was able to get seats once I arrived at the gate. The flight itself was great. I’ll never purchase tickets without seat assignments from kayak or anyone again. Shame on kayak or Hawaiian airlines or all of you.

The temperature on the plane was too cold and the food was not very good. Everything else was good.

Eventless. It was a good flight and good crew. Can’t complaint.

Very helpful ground crew after an earlier flight delay and being rebooked on a different flight.

The plane was late and then sat on the runway for almost 45 minutes before taking off.

We kept being told that the flight was full and that all overhead compartments were full and therefore had to check in our hand luggage. We were some of the last people to board and noticed that there was still sufficient space in the overhead compartments. We were obliged to check in hand luggage when there was space and so had to wait at luggage retrieval which took a while to then noticed damage to our luggage - not a great experience!

This was an overnight flight. There was no meal service in first class, just a simple snack basket was offered along with beverages. There should have been some type of continental breakfast prior to arrival in PHL. As an Executive Platinum American Airlines Advantage member, I received no name recognition from the first class flight attendant. When disembarking at PHL, the flight attendants were more interested in their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as they disembarked.

The flight was quick and to the point. The crew just did their job w/o excessive talking and everything was just perfect.

Awkward carry on process. Forced to check all carry on. No overhead space of worthiness. Left delayed, but made up the time. Crew was amicable.

Amazingly comfy flight - I had upgraded for a reasonable price and it was worth it. The food also was good.

Had to wait on pilot and crew to depart and had to wait to arrive at the gate because they only had 2 crews working. Delays, delays....Planes just keep getting smaller and tighter and they nickle and dime for everything. When will an airline actually wake up and make flying more enjoyable?

Angela was the best fa ever. She made that 8 hour flight a breeze

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