Flights from Manila (MNL) to Honolulu (HNL) — PHP Fares & Schedules

Flights Manila (MNL) → Honolulu (HNL)

3 one-way departures a week are catalogued on MNL–HNL, flown by Philippine Airlines, with a scheduled block of 11.0 hours. The cheapest one-way in our cache is ₱25,919. 3 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 1 carrier on file.

This corridor carries a demand score of 5/10 in our route file and is flagged as a leisure, VFR and business corridor. Hawaii Filipino diaspora. Read that number for what it is: an editorial 1-10 ranking of estimated Filipino-language search interest, built for prioritising which pages we research first. It is not a passenger count, not a load factor, and not a quality signal about the airlines involved. High-scoring corridors are the ones where seats on the cheapest fare classes disappear first and where the gap between an early booking and a two-week-out booking is widest; low-scoring corridors tend to hold their price longer but give you fewer departures to choose from if a plan slips.

Manila to Honolulu connects the Philippine capital directly with Hawaii, with around 3 flights a week. The route carries the large Filipino community in Hawaii visiting family, alongside tourists. Block time is about eleven hours, a transpacific long-haul sector.

Airlines on this route

1 carrier — Philippine Airlines — is catalogued nonstop on MNL–HNL, filing about 3 one-way departures a week. All carry 23 kg economy checked baggage. ₱25,919 is the lowest one-way the fare feed returned for this route on 2026-08-02. 3 weekly fare snapshots are held for this pair, the most recent from 2026-W31.

A single nonstop operator changes the arithmetic in two directions. On price, there is no competitive floor on the nonstop: the cheapest seats open and close on Philippine Airlines’ own inventory cycle, so the usual advice to wait for a fare war does not apply — connecting itineraries on other carriers are the only real competition, and they cost you hours. On disruption, a cancellation has nowhere obvious to go. With one operator there is no same-day sister flight unless the frequency itself is high, and rebooking onto a competitor requires an interline or alliance link. If your dates are fixed — a reporting date, a contract start, a family event — the risk-managed choice on this pair is an earlier departure with a day of slack behind it, not the cheapest one closest to the deadline.

Philippine Airlines operates Manila to Honolulu, flying a full-service widebody with a checked baggage allowance and meals included. The direct service spares travellers a connection on a transpacific route often flown by family groups.

PHP fares

₱25,919 is the cheapest MNL–HNL one-way in this site’s fare cache. It is a cache floor for one date and fare class, not a held quote. 3 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 1 carrier on file.

That ₱25,919 is a cache reading, not a quote, and the difference is worth stating plainly. It is the lowest one-way price the fare feed returned for MNL–HNL at the moment it was polled, for one specific departure date, in one specific fare class. It averages nothing, covers one direction only, and is not reserved — that price normally sits on a small block of seats that can disappear mid-search. Three things it also excludes: checked baggage where the carrier sells a bags-free base fare, seat selection, and any change or refund flexibility. Treat it as the floor of the range you should expect to see, then compare the all-in total once the bag you actually need is added back.

Fares are quoted in PHP and move with demand. Prices climb around the December holidays and the summer, when family travel peaks — for those dates, booking two to three months ahead is sensible. For quieter weeks, six to nine weeks of lead time usually secures a reasonable economy fare.

About Honolulu

1 arrival airport serves this route: Daniel K Inouye International Airport (HNL), at Honolulu, United States. 3 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 1 carrier on file. ₱25,919 is the lowest one-way the fare feed returned for this route on 2026-08-02.

On arrival you are landing at Daniel K Inouye International Airport, ICAO PHNL, serving Honolulu, United States. Worth checking before you compare two prices: the code is an airport, not a city. Multi-airport cities are common, the discount is usually attached to the inconvenient field, and the ground leg quietly reclaims both the money and the hour. Check which airport your fare actually lands at before you compare two prices, and if you are connecting onward from a different airport in the same city, treat that as a separate journey with its own buffer — no airline protects a connection that involves a taxi.

Honolulu is the capital of the US state of Hawaii, on the island of Oahu — a Pacific city known for its beaches, its mix of cultures and one of the largest Filipino communities in the United States. For travellers from Manila it is a family-visit and leisure destination with a direct connection.

Checked baggage and the OFW uplift on MNL–HNL

10 kg is the largest OFW uplift on this route, carried by Philippine Airlines on top of a 23 kg economy base — 33 kg in total for a qualifying passenger. 3 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 1 carrier on file.

Checked allowance on this pair, from our carrier file:

• Philippine Airlines — 23 kg economy base, +10 kg under Overseas Filipino Bayani Program (extra baggage 10kg + handling) = 33 kg for a qualifying worker.

The uplift is the part people get wrong, so here is where it does not reach. It belongs to the passenger through a programme rather than to the ticket, and it is released at the counter against documents — an OEC or OFW Pass and, usually, the employment contract. Book a bags-free base fare on a low-cost carrier and there is no base allowance for the uplift to sit on top of. Book the domestic feeder as a separate ticket and the uplift does not follow the bag onto it. Fly a segment operated by a partner airline under a codeshare and the operating carrier’s own rules apply, not the one whose code is on your ticket. And the allowance is per passenger, not per booking — you cannot pool it across a family unless the airline’s own pooling rule says so. Verify the number at booking; excess bought at the airport is priced per kilo and is the most expensive kilo you will ever buy.

Entry rules for a Philippine passport in United States

1 rule governs entry here for a Philippine passport: B1/B2 visitor visa required, at $185 USD non-refundable, for a maximum stay of decided at port of entry, typically 6 months. Verified 2026-05-18. 3 one-way departures a week are catalogued on the pair across 1 carrier on file.

• United States — B1/B2 visitor visa required; fee $185 USD non-refundable; max stay Decided at port of entry, typically 6 months. In-person interview required at US Embassy Manila. Appointment wait times currently 60–180 days. ESTA does NOT apply to Philippine passports. Official source

Two things this table does not cover, and they are the ones that strand people. A visa grants permission to apply for entry — the officer at the border still decides, and a return or onward ticket plus proof of funds is what that decision usually turns on. And a visa for your destination says nothing about the countries you transit: several major hubs require their own transit visa or a same-terminal, same-ticket connection to be exempt, and the exemption is lost the moment you have to collect a bag and check in again. Visa rules change frequently. Use this as a starting reference only; verify with the destination’s embassy or official immigration portal before booking. For OFW employment visas, follow the DMW deployment process — that is separate from tourist/visit visas.

Delays and cancellations: what actually applies on MNL–HNL

1 federal rulebook reaches MNL–HNL: the US Department of Transportation’s consumer rules. They mandate a prompt refund for a cancelled or significantly changed flight you decline, and payment for involuntary denied boarding — but no cash compensation for a delay. Philippine departures are separately covered by the Air Passenger Bill of Rights.

United States rules are the ones most often misread, so state the shape plainly: the US Department of Transportation regulates refunds, not delay compensation. A cancelled or significantly changed flight you decline entitles you to a prompt refund of the unused portion, and being bumped from an oversold flight against your will carries a set denied-boarding payment. There is no US equivalent of a fixed cash payment for a late arrival — an EU261-style amount does not exist on a US corridor in either direction, whichever airline you fly. Reference: US DOT — Aviation Consumer Protection.

On the Manila end, a flight departing a Philippine airport is covered by the Air Passenger Bill of Rights administered by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which obliges the carrier to offer rebooking or a refund and to provide amenities as a delay lengthens. Its shape matters: refunds and service obligations, not a tariff of cash compensation — do not plan a claim around a fixed sum.

FAQ

8 questions below are answered from the route, carrier and fare records this site holds for MNL–HNL. Anything that is a cached floor rather than a bookable price says so, and rules that fail in specific situations are answered with those situations named.

Carriers catalogued nonstop on MNL–HNL

1 carrier — Philippine Airlines — are catalogued nonstop on MNL–HNL, filing about 3 one-way departures a week between them.

What each operator brings to this pair, from our carrier file:

• Philippine Airlines (PR) — alliance none (ex-oneworld observer); hubs MNL/CEB; 23 kg economy checked; +10 kg OFW uplift; PH brand strength 10/10.

What is the cheapest Manila to Honolulu fare on record here? ₱25,919 one-way — the lowest price the fare feed returned for MNL–HNL when this route was last polled on 2026-08-02. That is the minimum of one record for one route, not of the whole cache: a floor for a single date and fare class, not a held quote, and it excludes checked baggage where the carrier sells it separately.

How much do MNL–HNL fares move week to week? Across 3 weekly snapshots from 2026-W19 to 2026-W31 the cheapest one-way ranged ₱25,919 to ₱69,815. Each point is the lowest fare visible that week, not an average of the market.

Does the OFW baggage uplift apply to every fare on MNL–HNL? No. The largest uplift on this route is 10 kg with Philippine Airlines, granted at check-in against an OEC or OFW Pass. It does not apply to a bags-free base fare, to a separately ticketed domestic feeder, or to a codeshare segment operated by a partner under its own rules, and it is per passenger rather than per booking.

Can I claim delay compensation on MNL–HNL? Not for a delay. US DOT rules give you a prompt refund when a flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline the alternative, plus a set payment for involuntary denied boarding, but the United States has no fixed cash scale for a late arrival. Philippine departures are separately covered by the Civil Aeronautics Board’s Air Passenger Bill of Rights.

Which airlines fly from Manila to Honolulu? Philippine Airlines flies Manila to Honolulu, with around 3 departures a week.

How long is the flight from Manila to Honolulu? Nonstop block time is about 11.0 hours.

When are Manila to Honolulu fares cheapest? Fares on MNL-HNL are quoted in PHP and move with demand. They climb around the December holidays and Holy Week. Booking four to eight weeks ahead usually secures a reasonable economy fare.

Are there nonstop flights from Manila to Honolulu? Yes — Manila to Honolulu is flown nonstop. Booking early still helps, as seats on the cheapest fare classes sell first.

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