Great-circle route JFK ↔ HNL. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK → HNL New York to Honolulu |
14/wk | Daily | Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
| HNL → JFK Honolulu to New York |
— | — | Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 280,636 passengers on 1,331 flights between JFK and HNL — about 769 a day — filling 83% of the 338,297 seats flown. Hawaiian Airlines Inc. carried the most passengers (61%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
2 airlines fly the JFK–HNL nonstop, including Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A330-200, Boeing 767-300.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
On a long east–west route like this one the two directions do not take the same time. Aircraft flying eastbound ride the mid-latitude jet stream and typically arrive earlier than the westbound leg, which flies into it. The difference is commonly 30 to 90 minutes on transatlantic and transpacific flights, and it varies by season. The estimate above does not model wind — treat it as a midpoint and check the airline's own timetable for the block time on your date.
The distance between John F Kennedy International Airport and Daniel K Inouye International Airport is 4,975 miles, or 8,006 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 4,975 mi |
| Kilometres | 8,006 km |
| Nautical miles | 4,323 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 2 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 14 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 10h 05m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 4,975-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines.
In 2025, airlines reported 280,636 passengers on 1,331 scheduled flights between JFK and HNL — about 769 a day — filling 83% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A330-200, Boeing 767-300. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
