Flights Honolulu → Oakland
HNL → OAK
How long is the flight from Honolulu to Oakland?
The flight from Honolulu (HNL) to Oakland (OAK) takes 4h 42m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
This flight route connects Honolulu with Oakland, featuring an 80% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 11.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 178 flights on this route using a mix of Boeing 737 and Boeing 767-300 aircraft, serving the busy Oakland International Airport, which opened in 1927 and handles over eleven million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Honolulu (HNL) → Oakland (OAK) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines. Across 483 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.21%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Oakland the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Oakland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Oakland (OAK) heads north-east for about 3,873 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 42m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 80% of HNL-OAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Oakland it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 483 tracked HNL-OAK flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 85% | -1 min | 0.5% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 79% | 6 min | 1.1% |
| Hawaiian Airlines (HA) | 78% | 11 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-OAK
The flight from Honolulu (HNL) to Oakland (OAK) takes 4h 42m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Oakland (OAK) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 483 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Oakland is 0.21% across 483 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Oakland, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
