Oahu is the main transport hub for the Hawaiian Islands thanks to the busy Honolulu International Airport (HNL), which handles hundreds of flights a week from the US mainland and Asia, as well as to the surrounding Hawaiian islands.

Oahu can only be reached by air; after all, the nearest mainland is almost 4,200 km away.

There are no direct flights to the Hawaiian Islands from Europe, and you will always have to change flights at least once, typically at Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle or Vancouver airports.

Please note! When travelling via Canada, you must obtain a Canadian Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), even if you are only changing flights and will not be leaving the airport.

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International flights, prices and ‘open-jaw’ flights

Direct international flights operate to Oahu from many destinations in Asia, particularly from Japan and South Korea, and these flights are among the cheapest.

The average price of a return ticket from Japan to Oahu ranges from 550 usd to 750 usd.

The following airlines operate direct flights from Oahu to Asia:

• Air Premia – Seoul
• All Nippon Airways – Tokyo
• Asiana Airlines – Seoul
• Delta – Tokyo
• Hawaiian Airlines – Fukuoka, Seoul, Tokyo
• Japan Airlines – Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo
• Korean Air – Seoul
• Philippine Airlines – Manila
• Zipair Tokyo – Tokyo

Another region served by direct flights is Australia and New Zealand, where you can usually book return flights via 650 usd and 900 usd.

These airlines operate direct flights from Oahu to Oceania:

• Air New Zealand – Auckland
• Fiji Airways – Nadi
• Hawaiian Airlines – Auckland, Pago Pago, Papeete, Rarotonga, Sydney
• Jetstar – Sydney
• Qantas – Melbourne, Sydney

Many tourists also travel to Hawaii from Europe, although there are no direct flights from there and you will always have to fly via Canada or the USA. Standard prices for return flights are around 1 200 usd.

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Open-jaw flights

Many travellers heading to the Hawaiian Islands want to visit more than one island, and Oahu will almost always be one of them due to its largest number of international flights.

However, a large number of airlines offer so-called open-jaw tickets at the same price as return flights, where you arrive on Oahu and depart from another island (or vice versa).

This way, you’ll save on one inter-island flight.

Flying to the continental USA

The largest number of flights operate to the mainland USA.

Flights from Honolulu toLos AngelesorSan Franciscoairports are among the busiest in the US. However, direct flights operate to almost all major airports across the US.

For example, the Honolulu–Boston route is one of the longest domestic routes in the world.

Return flight prices from the western US to Oahu range from 250 usd 500 usd and are operated by the following airlines:

• American Airlines
• Delta
• United
• Southwest Airlines
• Alaska Airlines
• Hawaiian Airlines

Flying between the islands

Hundreds of flights a day also depart from Honolulu Airport to all the other Hawaiian islands, with services currently operated by three airlines –Southwest Airlines,Hawaiian Airlines and Mokulele Airlines.

Onaverage, aone-wayflight to another island costs around45 usd to the main airportsof Kahului,KonaorLihue. Southwest Airlines almost always offers the best-value tickets.

Flights to smaller airports, served only by small airlines, cost around 160 usdone-way.

Ferries

There is no regular passenger ferry service to Oahu or any of the other Hawaiian islands.