Flights Sacramento → Honolulu
SMF → HNL
How long is the flight from Sacramento to Honolulu?
The flight from Sacramento (SMF) to Honolulu (HNL) takes 5h 2m 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
The flight route from Sacramento to Honolulu operates with a high on-time performance rate of 91%, with an average delay of just 2.9 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 178 flights using Boeing 767-300 aircraft, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States, which handles approximately 21,188,678 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 Sacramento (SMF) → Honolulu (HNL) route is operated by Hawaiian Airlines. Across 452 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.66%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Honolulu: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sacramento (SMF) to Honolulu (HNL) heads west for about 3,960 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 2m.
Departures from Sacramento on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 94% of SMF-HNL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Honolulu it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 452 tracked SMF-HNL flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Airlines (HA) | 78% | 11 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about SMF-HNL
The flight from Sacramento (SMF) to Honolulu (HNL) takes 5h 2m 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 Sacramento (SMF) -> Honolulu (HNL) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 452 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sacramento-Honolulu is 0.66% across 452 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Hawaiian Airlines.
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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.
