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Cheap Flights from Santa Ana to The Big Island

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona1 stop$374
Hilo
Hilo2 stops$484
Kailua-Kona
Kailua-Kona1 stop$374
Hilo
Hilo2 stops$484

Book Cheap Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to The Big Island

Mon, Nov 10 - Thu, Nov 13
Delta Logo
7:15 am - 6:13 pmSNA-KOA
12h 58m1 stop
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8:30 pm - 10:26 amKOA-SNA
11h 56m1 stop
$374Delta
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Tue, Nov 11 - Fri, Nov 14
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 6:13 pmSNA-KOA
13h 13m2 stops
Delta Logo
8:30 pm - 11:54 amKOA-SNA
13h 24m2 stops
$385Delta
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Mon, Nov 10 - Thu, Nov 13
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:40 pm - 2:52 pmSNA-KOA
20h 12m2 stops
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8:45 am - 10:30 pmKOA-SNA
11h 45m1 stop
$387Alaska Airlines
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Mon, Nov 10 - Thu, Nov 13
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:40 pm - 2:52 pmSNA-KOA
20h 12m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:14 am - 10:30 pmKOA-SNA
13h 16m2 stops
$393Alaska Airlines
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Fri, Oct 24 - Sun, Oct 26
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 12:10 pmSNA-KOA
8h 25m1 stop
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8:30 pm - 7:40 amKOA-SNA
8h 10m1 stop
$411Southwest
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Sun, Oct 26 - Sun, Nov 2
American Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 2:31 pmSNA-KOA
9h 46m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:35 pm - 9:02 amKOA-SNA
9h 27m1 stop
$412American Airlines
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Fri, Oct 24 - Sun, Oct 26
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 12:10 pmSNA-KOA
8h 25m1 stop
Southwest Logo
8:30 pm - 10:20 amKOA-SNA
10h 50m2 stops
$427Southwest
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Fri, Jan 16 - Tue, Jan 20
American Airlines Logo
7:58 pm - 2:48 pmSNA-KOA
20h 50m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
10:28 pm - 11:39 amKOA-SNA
11h 11m1 stop
$472American Airlines
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Tue, Nov 11 - Sat, Nov 15
United Airlines Logo
7:20 am - 1:06 pmSNA-KOA
7h 46m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
4:01 pm - 8:54 amKOA-SNA
14h 53m1 stop
$525United Airlines
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Tue, Nov 11 - Sat, Nov 15
United Airlines Logo
7:34 pm - 8:30 pmSNA-ITO
26h 56m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
7:43 pm - 1:54 pmITO-SNA
16h 11m2 stops
$709United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Santa Ana to The Big Island flights

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

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Santa Ana 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 $346, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana to The Big Island is September, when tickets cost $369 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $800 and $783 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to The Big Island?

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

For John Wayne (Santa Ana) to The Big Island, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from The Big Island back to John Wayne (Santa Ana), the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Sunday being the most expensive.

Good to know

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight$179
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Kailua-Kona

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  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) 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 $408 on average. Morning departures are around 30% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to The Big Island is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $545.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Santa Ana to The Big Island

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana 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
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.0Entertainment
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
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Terrible. Would never fly again. Took them several hours to prepare the plane and and reached my destination 4 hours late.

2.0 MediocreMariah, Aug 2025SEA - HNL
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Terrible. Would never fly again. Took them several hours to prepare the plane and and reached my destination 4 hours late.

Our boarding was delayed due to two flat tires, but I appreciate the focus on safety. I also appreciated the additional offerings for drinks which never happened before except on Hawaiian Airlines. The hospitality is fantastic! Glad I upgraded to premium seats for the extra leg room as I was getting frustrated when the person in front of me was very restless and kept shifting. Otherwise, it was a fantastic 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

Could not check in online - had to get boarding passes at the ticket counter and our daughter got bumped off our connecting flight. NOT OK!

Canceled flight. No communication of this prior. Rescheduled to next day. Our good seats we purchased months ago turned into last row middle. No apology, reason, nor compensation for time and $ spent.

I needed more space to sleep on an overnight flight.

Our flight time was drastically changed which caused us to lose a day of vacation

Wonderful respectful staff for a short flight late at night...lots of considerations all met!

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.

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

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

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.

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.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

It was a great flight and the stewards and stewardess were all kind and accommodating!! The seats were comfortable and entertainment screen excellent!

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

There was a security issue at the airport and we were unable to land. We circled endlessly and then landed at another airfield for fuel. We then circled the airport again, almost landed but didn’t fully touch down before circling again. I am thankful to the crew for keeping us safe- the issue was the airline and staff at the airport getting us seats on our connecting flights. That part was hours of searching for someone and getting in double my steps.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

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.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

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.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

Not a great experience. We paid for the upgrade for premium economy seats and seated ourselves in very comfortable seats. Someone came along with the same seat on their boarding pass. The aircraft had been changed and as a result we were booted out and sent further back to small uncomfortable seats. After complaining we were moved to emergency row seats, which gave us more leg room but the seats don’t recline. For people in our 70’s we found having to sit upright from California to NJ very uncomfortable. Not sure why they chose to move senior citizens instead of the two people that were allowed to take the more comfortable seats. Not happy.

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

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.

it was so bad. I tried to board my flight from vancouver to saskatoon. And to my surprise they did not board me cause the flight was changed and no email was send to me. and on my boarding pass which i got from seattle says different flight. I did not knew anyone from Vancouver, air canada crew was rude, i asked for today flight but they were rude and i had early morning dental appointment in saskatoon. I was so much in pain and my whole day is wasted today. and i suffered alot. They did provide me hotel but they did not provide me any food. I am really really disappointed first time had so bad experience with air canada. I may think twice to book it again. If i can get any reply or any composition that would be great. Thanks

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

The seat was so hard my tailbone was aching The crew was kind of a b**** because I made a joke that I didn't care if they close the door I total c*** when she was trying to f****** act like she was mad at me because I said that The flight was bumpy. Sure you didnt have control over that.

4 hours late, including over +1 hour waiting in plane to take off. Baggage left behind too.

While waiting to claim my checked luggage, I discovered the airline had lost it. After a long wait and inquiries, I discovered it was on another flight. Fortunately, the airline finally sent my luggage home.

Was not able to watch most shows on the entertainment site. They would not load

Our flight was 1.5 hours delayed. There was no weather for the inbound flight, so I don't understand why. This meant a VERY late arrival and only a quick nap before my morning flight.

Delayed flight, so I switched fights to SFO to Phoenix , Phoenix to DSM. Excellent service through American Airlines

AA re-routed flight from HNL to LAX due to delay. My group of 3 with reserved seats in row 9 was broken up, with one assigned to a middle seat, another in the last row of the plane. Not happy. No explanation to the delay. No apologies. No compensation. Would have been nice to be offered an Admiral Club admission or a voucher for the extra 3 hours of layover in LAX. Could not hear the boarding gate announcements in LAX. Adjacent gate was boarding at the same time. Loud speakers were competing against each other. Barely made my boarding group.

Almost a 6 hour flight and the only food option is a cheese plate… and chips. Also how is it there are no options for texting on American. I’ll be going back to delta and united.

The chair cushions may need an upgrade. I have been noticing they are so worn out, thin so you’d sit in a dip 😄. Other than that, all was an enjoyable trip. Thanks AA!

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