Getting to Kona is Easy

Getting to Kona is easy. Kona International airport has an 11,000 foot run way and can handle any aircraft flying.

One of the things I love about the Kona airport is you walk down the stairs right out the door of the aircraft. No jet way! Just like the plane in the photo below.

Aloha Airlines Jet

There are a few direct flights from the U.S. mainland to Kona from San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles.

The airlines that fly direct are:

Hawaiian Airlines

American Airlines

United Airlines

There is one daily international flight from Narita Japan on Japan Airlines. I've flown to Japan with them and all I can say is their itchiban! That's Japanese for #1! I rode in coach and the service was like being in first class. No kidding.

Out of the domestic airlines listed above I've traveled on 3 of the 4. American is the one I haven't flown with so I can't say one way or the other about them.

But the other 3 airlines I've flown with many many times over the last 10 years. Here's my opinion of the airlines serving Kona.

United Airlines just doesn't have that aloha feeling when I travel with them.

Hawaiian Airlines has a nice lounge if you're in first class or a Premier Club member. Plus they have one of the best on time records of any airline. (Except when I'm on the plane it seems.)

My favorite airline for traveling back and forth from the mainland is Hawaiian. It use to be Aloha, but since they were run out of business by GO, Hawaiian's my new "team". I'll miss the warm chocolate chip cookie and milk an hour out.

The great thing about Hawaiian Airlines though is there miles program is easy to use and they don't seem to have a lot of hoops to jump through to use it. I have a lot of miles with American and trying to redeem them to travel on my schedule was not easy.

If you're flying your own jet, click here for the best FBO in Kona.

It's only a 35 minute flight from Honolulu to Kona. Hawaiian Airlines and Aloha Airlines both have flights almost every hour to Kona from Honolulu.

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