Los Angeles → Honolulu flights

Target $111–$137 on LAX–HNL — the floor hits $105

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $137 across 30 daily snapshots — a reasonable baseline for budgeting this route.
• Bottom-quartile fares (p25) sit at $111, meaning roughly one in four snapshots showed fares at or below that level — a realistic stretch target.
• The absolute low was $105, about 23% below the median; achievable but not guaranteed on any given search.
• Spread of 35% between low and high ($105–$142) is meaningful — timing your search does matter on this route.
• High end of $142 is only $5 above the median, suggesting fares compress upward quickly — there's more upside risk than downside.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the LAX → HNL price history page.

The full picture

The LAX–HNL route is one of the most competitive short transpacific corridors in the U.S. market, and the 30-day snapshot data reflects that: a median of $137 with a ceiling of just $142 tells you this route is generally well-supplied with seats. The real opportunity lives in the lower half of the distribution. With a p25 of $111 and a floor of $105, roughly a quarter of observed fares came in meaningfully below median — a 19–23% discount that's worth pursuing if your travel dates have any flexibility.

The 35% spread between low and high is wide enough to reward active monitoring. On a route this short (roughly five and a half hours), even a $30 swing represents a notable percentage of the total trip cost. What the data suggests is that fares don't hold at the low end for long — the high is clustered tight at $142, meaning windows at $105–$115 likely close quickly when carriers adjust inventory. Setting a fare alert and being ready to book within a day or two of seeing a sub-$115 price is a more reliable strategy than waiting for a mythical 'best booking day.'

No dominant carrier is identifiable from this dataset, so it's worth checking both legacy carriers and low-cost operators serving this route on any given search. One honest caveat: 30 snapshots capture one rolling window of demand and may not reflect seasonal surges — particularly around holidays and spring break, when Hawaii demand spikes and fares on this route have historically climbed well above the $142 ceiling observed here. If your travel falls near a peak period, the $137 median is a better anchor than the $105 low.

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