Great-circle route SYD ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYD → HNL Sydney to Honolulu |
11/wk | Daily | Alaska Airlines, Qantas |
| HNL → SYD Honolulu to Sydney |
11/wk | Mon Tue Thu Fri Sat Sun | Alaska Airlines, Qantas |
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 264,863 passengers on 1,264 flights between SYD and HNL — about 726 a day — filling 77% of the 344,658 seats flown. Qantas Airways Ltd. carried the most passengers (41%).
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 SYD–HNL nonstop, including Alaska Airlines, Qantas.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A330, Airbus A330-200.
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 Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport and Daniel K Inouye International Airport is 5,077 miles, or 8,171 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 5,077 mi |
| Kilometres | 8,171 km |
| Nautical miles | 4,412 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 22 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 10h 17m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 5,077-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.
About 11 a week from Sydney to Honolulu and 11 a week from Honolulu to Sydney, from our most recent schedule sample.
Alaska Airlines, Qantas.
In 2025, airlines reported 264,863 passengers on 1,264 scheduled flights between SYD and HNL — about 726 a day — filling 77% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A330, Airbus A330-200. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
