$119 Find Cheap Flights from San Jose to The Big Island

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Cheap Flights from San Jose to The Big Island

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona1 stop$212
Hilo
Hilo1 stop$257
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona1 stop$212
Hilo
Hilo1 stop$257

Book Cheap San Jose to The Big Island Plane Tickets

 
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, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 9
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 2:47 pm
SJC
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KOA
9h 47m
1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
2:33 pm - 10:47 pm
KOA
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SJC
5h 14mnonstop
$212Hawaiian Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 9
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2:25 pm - 6:13 pm
SJC
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KOA
5h 48mnonstop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
2:33 pm - 10:47 pm
KOA
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SJC
5h 14mnonstop
$217Hawaiian Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Wed, May 13
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:35 am
SJC
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KOA
5h 35mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:46 pm - 12:02 am
KOA
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SJC
5h 16mnonstop
$237Alaska Airlines
Wed, Mar 11 - Mon, Mar 16
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:25 am - 2:11 pm
SJC
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KOA
7h 46m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:33 pm - 10:47 pm
KOA
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SJC
5h 14mnonstop
$241Multiple Airlines
Mon, Feb 23 - Thu, Mar 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:25 pm - 6:13 pm
SJC
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KOA
5h 48mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:55 am - 9:25 pm
KOA
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SJC
9h 30m
1 stop
$242Multiple Airlines
Mon, Mar 2 - Mon, Mar 9
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:25 pm
SJC
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KOA
8h 25m
1 stop
Hawaiian Airlines Logo
9:17 pm - 10:28 am
KOA
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SJC
10h 11m
1 stop
$243Hawaiian Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Wed, May 13
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:35 am
SJC
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KOA
5h 35mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:26 am - 11:37 pm
KOA
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SJC
10h 11m
1 stop
$246Alaska Airlines
Mon, Feb 23 - Mon, Mar 2
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 3:53 pm
SJC
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KOA
10h 53m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:55 am - 9:25 pm
KOA
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SJC
9h 30m
1 stop
$247Alaska Airlines
Thu, Mar 5 - Tue, Mar 10
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:25 am - 4:07 pm
SJC
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KOA
8h 42m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:56 pm - 10:15 pm
KOA
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SJC
24h 19m
1 stop
$248Alaska Airlines
Tue, Apr 28 - Tue, May 5
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:13 am - 1:44 pm
SJC
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KOA
9h 31m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 10:35 pm
KOA
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SJC
11h 35m
1 stop
$250Multiple Airlines
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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?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to The Big Island from San Jose found in the last 72 hours was to Kailua-Kona, at $216 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 $216.

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 $436, 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 $317 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $831 and $573 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 Sunday. On your return trip to San Jose, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Fridays 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 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$119
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 16% increase in price.
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 afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $412 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to The Big Island is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $475.

  • How many flights are there between San Jose and The Big Island per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from San Jose and lands in The Big Island, with an average flight time of 5h 48m. The most common departure time is 2:00 pm and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 4 flights.

Reviews of the 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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11808 reviews
7.0Entertainment
8.5Crew
7.8Comfort
7.1Food
8.1Boarding
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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

4.0 OkayTimothy, Jan 2026
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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

I wasn’t able to check in prior to arriving at the airport, I was told by the agent I may not get a seat on the plane as others were waiting for seats, I sat there for 2 hours before being assigned a seat, very stressful. The plane was delayed. Overall not a great travel experience for a 44 minute flight.

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

Larger seats and more room would elevate the experience. Otherwise, it was good!

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

Check in went pretty well and you didn't lose my bag. After I got a drink from the drink cart they charged me for it, and at the crazy overpriced airport rates. Never had that happen before, is that an american thing? what madness.

I was delayed several times. Missed a very important event. The airline only provided a $12 voucher after being delayed 3 times.

Flight was delayed 14 hours! We missed an entire day of our vacation and had to pay for hotel that we didn’t use

Glad they offer free meal, & I got a complimentary drink I’d like coffee,tea, or water offered 3/4 into trip

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

We got exit row seats both flights. Everything was running on time

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Crew could have been friendlier, maybe I'm spoiled by SW crews. In flight wifi was good. Would be nice to have more food offerings on a 4 plus hour flight

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Sacrament staff are always polite and helpful. Airport is easy to maneuver and boarding is straightforward.

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

Delta’s staff is unmatched. From the gate agents, to the pilots, to the flight attendants… all top of the industry.

The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

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.

3 hour wait on customer service after flight was cancelled. Was bumped to a flight where I wouldnt have gotten to my destination for another 2 days. Had to fully refund flight and book a new one the following morning. Paid twice the amount for the flight than I had originally booked. Very disappointed I was not offered any sort of discount or points for all of the frustration, in fact the airline profited twice as much off of me by cancelling my flight and and changing my entire trip.

What an amazing flight. I haven’t experienced this level of service in a flight in years. This will be the only way to fly to Hawaii for me in the future.

Everything was great except having to check in at Alaska. That was a surprise and took extra time and effort. Should have been explained somewhere maybe on the HA electronic ticket.

I could not believe that on a 5 hour plus flight we were not given a complimentary meal . That should be illegal. Or it would be nice to be informed beforehand that a complimentary meal would not be provided. The wording in the email I got about pre ordering food was phrased in a way that made the food seem like it would be free. Very misleading! Also during boarding we were informed there would be empty seats we could move to if we wanted, all we had to do was wait for an announcement, however an announcement was never made. Then when we tried to change seats ourselves we were singled out over the loud speaker and told we could not move without asking. Then the flight was about to take off , so we didn’t have time to ask . Then we were told we could not move to the exit row because you had to pay for those seats, but we were not told where we could move. Also no one was in the exit rows so , if something happened no one would be there to assist the passengers. Also people should be allowed to move there if the airline wasn’t able to sell them. One passenger asked if he could pay for the upgrade and the flight attendant said she did not have the capability to charge for the seat on her mobile device, so the airline ended up losing possible income anyways . So why not let people move there during flight if you have no way to charge them? Then the landing was bumpy and awful and many passengers complained out loud when we landed .

The flight was great! The flight attendants were friendly and attentive. I would definitely fly Hawaiian Aurlines again!

You have to buy the ear buds and they only offers little cup of water twice.

The worst flight experience I've ever had. Our flight was delayed 14 whole hours because the flight crew never showed up. We had to wait in a two hour line to get our new boarding passes, we were told we had no other option but to fly at 10pm (we didn't depart until 11:45pm). Everyone had to contact their hotels and car rental places, workplaces, etc. since we lost an entire day's worth of travel. The crew showed up at 10:15, which was past the time we were supposed to board. They were laughing and being completely smug when they boarded, and they took another hour to board us onto our flight. The flight crew never came to check in on us, we were quickly given one drink and sandwich and they turned off the lights and were negligent the rest of the trip. My mom asked three attendants for a seat belt extender, they never brought one. I was dehydrated and never received another drink. They were very rude and unfriendly, we had been up since 4am the morning of our flight and didn't land in our destination until 2am the next day (5am local time). This was unacceptable service and treatment, these flights are not cheap and we were inconvenienced out of an entire day of travel. This was 100% avoidable and was the fault of Hawaiian Airlines, and their crews inability to show up to work on time.

Loved the leg room, usb charging, outlet, food, staff. The seats were very uncomfortable for some reason and made my buttocks ache and would have liked to be seated together from the time of purchasing tickets without having to pay extra.

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

The flight crew where really good. Better then the crew from BNE to SFO

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

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.

I boarded flight UA#1318 at Sacramento International Airport going back to Houston TX. The flight was scheduled at 5:10am. I was able to check in virtually using the United Airlines app. When I entered the airport, there was no one outside assisting with checked bags as it was for Delta Airlines. Immediately upon entering, there was a LONG, EXTREMELY LONG line to the kiosks to get boarding passes. I stand in line to get boarding passes then had to move to ANOTHER EXTREMELY LONG line to get my bags checked in. While standing in this line, we noticed an agent taking customers to 3 at a time to her station to check their bags in. Lucky for me, she called me back, checked my bags for me and I was on my way. I then encountered another long line at the TSA check and to avoid I ending up having to sign up for CLEAR to bypass it. So glad, I did.,...Both of my flights were great with no issues, butthe check in progress at Bush Airport was so much smoother. Check-in at SMF airport needs to be anaylzed and corrected. Do better United, I know you can....thanks

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

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

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

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