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HawaiitravelguideWikitravel

Mainlandflight:havingyourcheckedbagsXrayedintheticketlobby,theTSA
securitycheckpoint,andperhapsaseparateagriculturalinspectionforyourcarryon
bagsonthewaytoyourgate.
HawaiidoesnotobserveDaylightSavingTime.Forreference,Hawaiiistwotime
zonesbehindtheU.S.WestCoast,therebyaccountingforathreehourtimedifference
duringDST.Arizona,whichalsodoesnotobserveDSTsavefortheNavajo
Reservation,isalwaysthreehoursaheadofHawaiiyearround.

Byplane
MostflightsfromthemainlandUSandalmostallinternationalflightslandin
HonoluluontheislandofOahu.Fromhere,passengersdestinedforaNeighbor
Islandwillconnecttoaninterislandflight(seeByPlaneinGetAroundbelow).
DirectservicefromthemainlandisalsoavailabletoKahuluionMaui,KonaandHilo
ontheBigIsland,andLihueonKauaiaswell.
Dependingontheairline,nonstopflightstoHonolululeavefrommostmajorgateway
airportsontheWestCoast(aswellassomesmallerones),aswellasmanymajor
airportsintheMidwestandEastCoast.TheflightfromLosAngelesorSanFrancisco
takesabout5hours,comparabletoaflightbetweentheWestandEastCoasts.Thus,a
flightfromNewYorkcantakeabout10.5hours.ForeigncarrierssuchasKorean,
PhilippineAirlines,Asiana,JapanAirlines,etc.cannotsellticketsjusttoHawaii
fromthemainlandbuttheycaniforiginatingfromoutsidetheUnitedStatesorto
passengerswhoareticketedforonwardtravel(usuallytoAsia,Australia,New
ZealandorelsewhereintheSouthPacific)fromthemainlandasastopoverforfreeor
foranextrafare.
Jetstar[3](http://jetstar.com)isabudgetAustralianairlinethatrecentlystarted
connectingHonolulutoseveralcitiesinAustralia.AlsoHawaiianAirlines,United,
DeltaandseveralothercarriershaveseveraldirectflightstoHonolulufromCanada,
Japan,SouthKorea,China,Taiwan,ThePhilippines,Australia,andNewZealand.

Byboat
WhilethedayswhereeveryonearrivedinHawaiibyboatarelonggone,thereare
limitednumbersoftransPacificcruisestoHawaiithatleavefromportsontheWest
Coast.However,onefascinatingwaytoexperienceHawaiiisbytakingacruiseship
betweentheislands(seeGetaround:Byboat).
Therearelimitedfreighterservices[4](http://www.freightercruises.com),butifyou
areanAmericancitizenembarkingintheUSAandwishingtotraveltoHawaii
thenyoucannottravelthisway(becauseoftheU.S.PassengerVesselServices
Actof1886,whichsaysforeignflaggedshipscannotcarrypassengersfromone
U.S.porttoanotherunlesstheystopinaforeigncountrytrycruisesfrom
Ensenada,BajaCaliforniaorVancouver,BritishColumbia).
InternationalCharterGroup:[5](http://www.alquilerdeyates.net/).Yachtcharterand
sailing,oneoftheworldslargestachtchartercompanies,cantakecareofallcharter
requirements,frombareboattocrewedinHawaii.Operatingfromnineoffices
worldwide(USA,Spain,UK,Germany,Italy,France,Spain,Switzerland,Caribbean,
HonkKongandDubai).

Getaround
http://wikitravel.org/en/Hawaii

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