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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Raleigh to Honolulu that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Raleigh to Honolulu

Wed, Jan 7 - Fri, Jan 23
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7:30 am - 8:33 pmRDU-HNL
18h 03m1 stop
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5:45 pm - 2:21 pmHNL-RDU
15h 36m1 stop
$423Delta
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Wed, Jan 7 - Tue, Jan 27
Delta Logo
7:30 am - 8:33 pmRDU-HNL
18h 03m1 stop
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9:39 pm - 5:00 pmHNL-RDU
14h 21m2 stops
$428Delta
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Mon, Nov 3 - Wed, Nov 5
United Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 4:33 pmRDU-HNL
13h 33m1 stop
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2:25 pm - 9:33 amHNL-RDU
14h 08m2 stops
$429United Airlines
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Wed, Oct 8 - Wed, Oct 15
United Airlines Logo
10:00 am - 7:32 pmRDU-HNL
15h 32m2 stops
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8:05 pm - 3:54 pmHNL-RDU
13h 49m1 stop
$430United Airlines
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Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
American Airlines Logo
6:59 am - 4:05 pmRDU-HNL
14h 06m1 stop
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8:30 pm - 1:34 pmHNL-RDU
11h 04m1 stop
$472American Airlines
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Tue, Mar 3 - Tue, Mar 10
American Airlines Logo
9:22 am - 7:38 pmRDU-HNL
15h 16m2 stops
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8:30 pm - 1:34 pmHNL-RDU
11h 04m1 stop
$477American Airlines
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Mon, Oct 27 - Tue, Nov 4
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6:00 pm - 8:45 pmRDU-HNL
56h 45m2 stops
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7:43 am - 9:34 pmHNL-RDU
32h 51m1 stop
Sat, Feb 7 - Thu, Feb 12
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:20 pm - 12:49 pmRDU-HNL
24h 29m2 stops
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9:40 pm - 4:26 pmHNL-RDU
13h 46m1 stop
$510Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Oct 29 - Tue, Nov 4
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9:46 am - 8:45 pmRDU-HNL
16h 59m1 stop
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4:13 pm - 11:55 pmHNL-RDU
50h 42m2 stops
Fri, Feb 6 - Thu, Feb 12
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:20 pm - 12:49 pmRDU-HNL
24h 29m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:40 pm - 4:26 pmHNL-RDU
13h 46m1 stop
$529Alaska Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Raleigh to Honolulu flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Raleigh to Honolulu to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

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Planning a trip from Raleigh to Honolulu? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Raleigh to Honolulu?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Raleigh to Honolulu clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Raleigh to Honolulu, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Saturday is the most expensive. Flying from Honolulu back to Raleigh, the best deals are generally found on Thursday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Raleigh to Honolulu?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Raleigh to Honolulu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Raleigh to Honolulu is September, where tickets cost $559 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $846 and $811 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Raleigh to Honolulu?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Raleigh to Honolulu, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Raleigh to Honolulu, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$199
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 15% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking flights from Raleigh to Honolulu

  • Can I access car rental services at HNL airport?

    Yes. Passengers can rent cars at HNL airport upon arrival. International car rental companies offer car rental services, including Thrifty, Payless, SIXT, Hertz, Enterprise, Dollar, Avis, Budget, Alamo and National. Find their offices inside the facility near the terminals accessible through a complimentary airport shuttle bus.

  • Which pet facilities are available at HNL airport?

    There is an outdoor pet relief area between the international parking garage and Terminal 2 parking garage where you can release your furry friend from the carriage to stretch and have fun. You can also find indoor pet relief areas in the C.B, Lansing Garden of T1 and Hawaiian Garden of T2.

  • How can I get to RDU airport from Durham?

    Suppose you are driving from downtown Durham; take NC-147 South to I-40 West towards Raleigh. Follow it to the Wade Avenue Exit which will lead you to the airport. You can stop at the parking lot of Park RDU Premier or ParkRDU Central.

  • Can I enjoy sightseeing during my downtime at RDU airport?

    Yes. RDU airport has several permanent and temporary exhibition centers where you can spend your downtime sightseeing for a memorable moment at the airport. There is the Air and Space Museum, The Legacy of Flight, Military Aviation Museum, and the Aviation Heritage Center found in Terminal 2, Terminal 1 and the parking lot on the ground level of Park RDU Premier.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Raleigh to Honolulu was $199 for a one-way ticket and $423 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Raleigh and Honolulu?

    A passport is not required to fly from Raleigh to Honolulu.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    Raleigh and Honolulu are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Raleigh from Raleigh-Durham and will be arriving at Honolulu.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    The Boeing 737-800 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Raleigh to Honolulu flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Raleigh and Honolulu, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Honolulu from Raleigh?

    Seattle is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Raleigh to Honolulu.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Raleigh to Honolulu, Alaska Airlines or Southwest?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Raleigh to Honolulu are Alaska Airlines and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $669 and an overall rating of 8.0, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $871 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Raleigh to Honolulu.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Honolulu from Raleigh is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Honolulu with an airline and back to Raleigh with another airline. Booking your flights between Raleigh and HNL can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Raleigh to Honolulu?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Honolulu from Raleigh up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Raleigh to Honolulu

  • Raleigh Durham Airport (RDU) provides baby care facilities convenient for traveling mothers. These facilities include Mamava Nursing Suites in Terminal 1 Gate A6 and Terminal 2 Gate C8. They are private and comfortable featuring a fold-down table, electronic code entry locking doors, comfortable benches, and electrical outlets.
  • RDU airport also offers parking facilities to its travelers. The parkRDU Central lot between terminals 1 and 2 has uncovered parking spaces for short-term parking services. However, the ParkRDU Premier on the ground level of ParkRDU Central lot has premier space for daily services. ParkRDU Economy lots 3 and 4 are located at the far end of the terminals dedicated to extended stays.
  • RDU airport has executive and military lounges dedicated to travelers. Business-class flying passengers can go to the Amrican Airlines Admirals Club or Delta Sky Club in Terminal 2 near Gate C3, which offers workstations, computers and telephones services. The USO Lounge provides complimentary amenities to active U.S. military members and their families and it is found on the third floor of terminal 2 and the Ticketing Level.
  • Differently-abled travelers can access special amenities upon landing at Honolulu Airport (HNL). There are accessible facilities including ramps, adapted toilets, escalators and lifts throughout the airport. Special services and wheelchairs are accessible through the individual airline; however, passengers must make an advance request before arriving at the airport. Adapted telephones are also available.
  • HNL airport also offers business services at the Flight Deck Business Center in the central lobby of Terminal 1 and next to the security checkpoint of Terminal 2 where business travelers can access computer stations, telephones, fax and copy services. There is also the Garden Conference Center with conference rooms on the ground level of Terminal 2.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Raleigh to Honolulu

 
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Middle seat, elbow wars. I cannot understand why they load the front of the plane first. You would think it would be more efficient to load the back to the front. I believe it is. And it needs to be changed.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Aug 2025RDU - SEA
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Middle seat, elbow wars. I cannot understand why they load the front of the plane first. You would think it would be more efficient to load the back to the front. I believe it is. And it needs to be changed.

I paid for a window seat and on both flights I was put in the middle seat. Then on my flight to seattle I had to sit next to a passenger with a cat. I'm allergic to cats. So I sneezed, and had a running nose all flight.

Terrible. Would never fly again. Took them several hours to prepare the plane and and reached my destination 4 hours late.

Our boarding was delayed due to two flat tires, but I appreciate the focus on safety. I also appreciated the additional offerings for drinks which never happened before except on Hawaiian Airlines. The hospitality is fantastic! Glad I upgraded to premium seats for the extra leg room as I was getting frustrated when the person in front of me was very restless and kept shifting. Otherwise, it was a fantastic experience.

Had to sit and wait to get off the plane for closeto a hour. My son also flying to a different destination that day also had like a 2.5 hr delay

Tickets we booked together in January became two different connecting flights. VERY PISSED a about this and a terrible start to our bucket list vacation

Could not check in online - had to get boarding passes at the ticket counter and our daughter got bumped off our connecting flight. NOT OK!

I needed more space to sleep on an overnight flight.

Our flight time was drastically changed which caused us to lose a day of vacation

Wonderful respectful staff for a short flight late at night...lots of considerations all met!

Perfect flight both ways. On time, courteous staff, plane comfortable and cool. Best domestic flights I’ve had in awhile.

Really low quality food especially for an international flight. The crew also was surprisingly unpleasant except couple of ladies. I know we were not in first class but that’s no reason to treat customers as less.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

Crew was good. The reservation got mixed up and they didn't have my TSA number. I am also a Silver Medallion and wasn't able to use Sky Priority.

Delta made it easy, comfortable and timely. The crew was fantastic.

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

Three seats in first class were broken and while they were able to still acommodate us it was looking very touch and go and they had others they could not acommodate

Mechanic delay in addition to a 2 hour change in takeoff time was frustrating.

Delayed due to thunderstorms and no in-flight service due to rough weather — both of which are out of Delta’s control. Flight was good overall.

The flight attendants in SLC were rude. I arrived 40 minutes early to gate. Ticket said I needed check in for seat assignments and tried check in and attendants said they weren’t doing it. And proceeded to never call me to give me a ticket so when time to board I received the very last seat. Please relay to employees to do their job better..,

They we able to seat my companion and I next to each other. Plane’s temperature was very cool. Willl be more prepared on return trip.

What an amazing flight. I haven’t experienced this level of service in a flight in years. This will be the only way to fly to Hawaii for me in the future.

Hawaiian airlines has awful customer service. Told me to keep a flight I wasn’t boarding, instead of rebooking me under two separate reservations, which caused my whole reservation to be canceled. Major issues with leadership and management. The staff at Hilo was reluctant to give me a refund, so I had to by a first class ticket in order to get on a flight the same time as my partner. The blame was pointed at me without sincere apology until the supervisor came out, who also apparently had no authority to refund me. Still waiting on correspondence from the airline days later.

The flight was great! The flight attendants were friendly and attentive. I would definitely fly Hawaiian Aurlines again!

You have to buy the ear buds and they only offers little cup of water twice.

Flight was on time, crew was friendly and prompt with the service. The only thing that could be improved is the seat space, but that's wishful thinking

The worst flight experience I've ever had. Our flight was delayed 14 whole hours because the flight crew never showed up. We had to wait in a two hour line to get our new boarding passes, we were told we had no other option but to fly at 10pm (we didn't depart until 11:45pm). Everyone had to contact their hotels and car rental places, workplaces, etc. since we lost an entire day's worth of travel. The crew showed up at 10:15, which was past the time we were supposed to board. They were laughing and being completely smug when they boarded, and they took another hour to board us onto our flight. The flight crew never came to check in on us, we were quickly given one drink and sandwich and they turned off the lights and were negligent the rest of the trip. My mom asked three attendants for a seat belt extender, they never brought one. I was dehydrated and never received another drink. They were very rude and unfriendly, we had been up since 4am the morning of our flight and didn't land in our destination until 2am the next day (5am local time). This was unacceptable service and treatment, these flights are not cheap and we were inconvenienced out of an entire day of travel. This was 100% avoidable and was the fault of Hawaiian Airlines, and their crews inability to show up to work on time.

Loved the leg room, usb charging, outlet, food, staff. The seats were very uncomfortable for some reason and made my buttocks ache and would have liked to be seated together from the time of purchasing tickets without having to pay extra.

Overall it was a good flight, but the food should be looked at. No options. The seat was also uncomfortable and very tight.

Nothing. Fare didn’t allow seat allocations. So we were stuck in the middle . Not good for 77 to 80 year olds. I was stick on plane. Taken off the plane before take off and ground staff told me to google where a hospital was to get a clearance to travel again. Left on own at airport ti fend for our selves. Also was charged for baggage, also I was not aware. I think booking through a third party, such as yourselves, doesn’t allow any for considerations when allocating seats.

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

IAD with the archaic people movers is just a place to be avoided.

All of the United employees I interacted with were professional and courteous. The aircraft was clean, the food on the flight was good. No complaints here.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

I flew with my dog and had already purchased my dog’s ticket. Even that morning I had called costumer service to insure that my husband and I had seats together since the website was giving me an error when choosing our seats and the representative mentioned our dog. I showed up early to the airport and when I got to the gate and we started boarding I was help back and told that I was supposed to have a yellow tag and that I should have checked in at the counter for them to give me that tag. I was not aware of this, the representative on the phone did not say anything. Nor did I see it anywhere in the checking process online, so if you travel with a pet and are not checking in luggage, just know that you still have to go to the check in counter when arriving at the airport unless you want to be the last one to board and not have room for your carry on in the overhead bins. Other than that, I had a great experience.

Once we got in the air the pilot made up some of the time of the delay. So that was really nice.

I understand stuff happens, but plane failures are likely due to lack of maintenance. Additionally, air conditioning wasn't working, no snack/drink service, no WiFi. Fortunately, the crew was communicative and light-hearted. United grabbed another plane and we were able to get to our destination.

There was no food available for this red eye... one little waffle cookie for a 6+ hour flight... thank God I was able to sleep some

It is clear that someone knew, and competent, is in charge of food at United Airlines at least for the international flights. I was flying in coach, but the choices of the dinner were excellent. Tasty, and appropriate size. I had the beef, which was a little bit like a shepherds pie, and it was good. Nothing comparable has been served on a United flight in years. It will not be confused with three star food, but it is very good for airline food. Even better was the breakfast choice between a cinnamon roll and a breakfast sandwich. I chose the breakfast sandwich which was absolutely delicious and which I would happily order again at my local Starbucks or Panera. It is clear that someone knew indifferent is in charge of the food and it’s about time.

Sat on the ground in Cincinnati for 50 minutes before deplaning

Flight was delayed. Staff at the gate effectively and proactively communicated about the delay.

Overall fine, but the delay was annoying and the reasons for the delay were not communicated. The crew on board were phenomenal!

Almost a 6 hour flight and the only food option is a cheese plate… and chips. Also how is it there are no options for texting on American. I’ll be going back to delta and united.

This flight never occurred because AA couldn’t get their act together.

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Delayed because of weather in Nashville. I think God or some higher power generally has cursed me when it comes to flying out of Charlotte on American. I'm delayed pretty much everytime. We need Team Cobra Kai types to come in and "sweep the leg(s)" of the Charlotte ops people on principle. Don't let the sweet southern rocking chairs fool you, Charlotte is a sinkhole

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

Newark airport grounded inbound flight and only announced when the flight was about to start taxing.

Terrible. The flight was delayed two hours due to weather. Then when we got on the plane, the first pilot ended up timing out and we had to wait for a second pilot. Second pile came on board and we tax it out. Had to return back to the gate because of an unruly passenger. Then the copilot timed out. Had to wait for new copilot. Also had to wait for maintenance to check for fuel. Then found out the second pilot timed out and we had to wait for a third pilot. Was ready to go and then needed maintenance again for another issue. In the end, it was 2 o’clock in the morning when they announced that the flight couldn’t go because the third pilot and the second copilot had timed out.

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