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Honolulu, Oahu to Lihue, Kauai

1 operator run this water, from 42 min.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Hawaiian Airlines, Island Air (WP) HNL → LIH 163 km non-stop 717 AT7 in the air 2 h 12 est. rate not held 231 km/h average

Other ways to reach Lihue, Kauai

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Lihue, Kauai without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Kahului – Lihue, Kauai 54 min Hawaiian Airlines
San Francisco – Lihue, Kauai 5 h 25 United Airlines
Oakland – Lihue, Kauai 5 h 26 Alaska Airlines
San Jose – Lihue, Kauai 5 h 27 Alaska Airlines
Los Angeles – Lihue, Kauai 5 h 45 Alaska Airlines
San Diego – Lihue, Kauai 5 h 53 Alaska Airlines
Seattle – Lihue, Kauai 5 h 56 Alaska Airlines
Vancouver – Lihue, Kauai 5 h 59 WestJet
Phoenix – Lihue, Kauai 6 h 29 American Airlines
Denver – Lihue, Kauai 7 h 22 United Airlines

And other ways to reach Honolulu, Oahu

Kaunakakai – Honolulu, Oahu 37 min Hawaiian Airlines
Lanai City – Honolulu, Oahu 39 min Hawaiian Airlines
Lahaina – Honolulu, Oahu 40 min Maya Island Air
Kahului – Honolulu, Oahu 42 min Hawaiian Airlines
Kailua-Kona – Honolulu, Oahu 50 min Hawaiian Airlines
Hilo – Honolulu, Oahu 56 min Hawaiian Airlines
Kiritimati – Honolulu, Oahu 3 h 11 Air Pacific
Majuro Atoll – Honolulu, Oahu 5 h 05 United Airlines
San Francisco – Honolulu, Oahu 5 h 19 Air France
Oakland – Honolulu, Oahu 5 h 20 Alaska Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Honolulu, Oahu

Anchorage · Apia · Atlanta · Auckland · Chicago · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Dulles · Hagåtña · Hilo · Houston · Kahului · Kailua-Kona · Kaunakakai

Also from Lihue, Kauai

Denver · Kahului · Los Angeles · Oakland · Phoenix · San Diego · San Francisco · San Jose · Seattle · Vancouver

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Honolulu, Oahu–Lihue, Kauai crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.