Rare1 stop · 7h
NYC to SJOCosta Rica
San José
$249
usually $480
−48%
Most monthly lows $302–$492. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · NYC → HNL
New York to Honolulu
Best fare, round trip
$410
−50%
below its usual $820
you keep $410
RareFound
- Depart
- Thu 29 Oct
- Return
- Wed 2 Dec
- Stay
- 34 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 12.5h
- Airline
Southwest
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $576 and $946. The drop beats 95% of measured fares on the board, over 9 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
United StatesHonoluluWaikīkī sunsets and volcanic ridgelines — mainland fare wars put Hawai‘i under $300 more often than you’d think.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–NovAirportsDaniel K. Inouye (HNL)Every route into HonoluluFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $410 and peak in May near $1,422, 247% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 12.5 hours outbound, on a 34-night trip — ticketed under Southwest, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $410 for 7,982 km each way, that works out to about $26 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $44 per 1,000 km that long-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 16 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Honolulu, this fare ranks 2nd — 6% above the $388 from Dallas. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 28 routes of similar length we watch out of New York, where the middle fare is $607. The best time to be in Honolulu: Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $742 then versus $776 now, across 20 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $313, on 28 Sep.
October 2026
1516171819Tuesday 20 October: $800, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $434, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Sunday 25 October: $811, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728Thursday 29 October: $410, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $730, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $738, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $576, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Thursday 5 November: $754, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $670, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78910111213141516Tuesday 17 November: $851, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Thursday 19 November: $841, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $896, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Sunday 22 November: $817, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 23 November: $741, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $776, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Friday 27 November: $744, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.28Sunday 29 November: $557, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30
December 2026
123456Monday 7 December: $1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910111213141516171819Sunday 20 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21222324252627Monday 28 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930Thursday 31 December: $863, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 151 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $410
50% below the $820 typical fare
$410Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$557Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$822Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$569Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$729Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$994Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$907Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$1422May, above the usual price. Compare May fares.$946Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Honolulu, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Daniel K. Inouye (HNL)
- Flight time
- ≈12.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,982 km each way
- Typical price
- $820 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Southwest
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov
Good to know
NYC → HNL, answered.
Is $410 a good price for New York to Honolulu?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $820 round-trip. At $410 you're 50% below that, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Honolulu?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Honolulu are Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Honolulu?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 9 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Honolulu?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Southwest. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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