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Wheels Up from Honolulu to Los Angeles
About $62,000 one way on a super-midsize jet (Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300), estimated from Wheels Up's published $10,576 an hour, plus 7.5% FET added by us (its rate page doesn't state tax), for about 5h 25m of flying.
An estimate from Wheels Up's rate as published on its own website, checked October 2, 2026. Not a quote or an offer from Wheels Up: see how it's built.
- Estimate
- $62,000
- one way, super-midsize
- Flight time
- 5h 25m
- nonstop
- Distance
- 2,551 mi
- 2,217 nm
- Published rate
- $10,576
- an hour, recent average, tax not stated
A CRAFT flight coordinator usually replies within 30 minutes, 7am–10pm ET.
CRAFT Fleet Jet Card
Our programA Challenger 300 or 350, guaranteed, flown by CRAFT crews. Card rate $12,950/hr on the 25-hour card, fuel and FET included.
The card's rate covers the lower 48, and the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada with repositioning. This route is outside that, so we price it as a charter: ask for the number.
- Starlink Wi-Fi on every aircraft
- No ferry or repositioning fees anywhere in the lower 48
- No membership or annual fees
- A rate locked for 12 months (24 months at 50 hours and up)
Card terms behind this figure
25-hour Fleet Jet Card, Planner (5-day) rate: $12,950 per hour ($323,750 prepaid). Includes fuel within the published index band and 7.5% federal excise tax on domestic legs. Not included: federal segment tax ($5.30/passenger/segment); international taxes and handling; repositioning to and from the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada at $4,000/hr. Priority/Express callout, peak-day, under-48-hour, international and Pacific surcharges apply. 2-hour daily minimum, with no per-leg minimum.
Wheels Up · Honolulu to Los Angeles
Wheels Up's estimate by jet size
Each row is Wheels Up's published hourly rate for that size × our flight-time estimate for Honolulu to Los Angeles, with the 7.5% federal excise tax added where its terms say tax is extra or don't say. Before minimums, fees and surcharges.
| Jet size | Program | Published rate | In the rate | Flight time | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super-midsize | Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300 | $10,576/hr avg | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 5h 25m | $62,000 | $124,100 |
| Super-midsize jet | Signature Fixed · Challenger 300 | $13,495/hr | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 5h 25m | $79,200 | $158,300 |
Super-midsize
$62,000
Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300
$10,576/hr avgTax not statedFuel not stated5h 25mRound trip $124,100
Super-midsize
$79,200
Signature Fixed · Challenger 300
$13,495/hrTax not statedFuel not stated5h 25mRound trip $158,300
The rate is a published recent average, not a promise. Rates at the entry purchase level as published, checked October 2, 2026; bigger purchases can lower them. Wheels Up's terms: Signature Membership: a fund from $200,000, and bigger funds get lower rates. The fixed plan holds one rate for every trip; the dynamic plan prices each trip, and its figures here are Wheels Up's three-month averages after the fund discount, not a promise. Special fixed rates of $7,500 (Phenom 300, Northeast to Florida) and $10,000 (Challenger 300, transcon) apply to certain flights. Rates are behind the View Hourly Rates button on wheelsup.com.
Same route, every published rate
Super-midsize jet from Honolulu to Los Angeles, by program
Among 16 published super-midsize jet figures on this route, Wheels Up's Signature Dynamic estimate is the 3rd lowest, 10% below the route's median of $69,200. The spread runs from $54,300 to $81,500.
- 1Concord Private JetJet Card · e.g. Citation X$54,300incl. 7.5% FET
- 2Fly AllianceMembership Jet Card · Citation X, Sovereign, Falcon 50$58,600incl. 7.5% FET
- 3Wheels UpThis pageSignature Dynamic · Challenger 300$62,000FET added; tax not stated
- 4Northern Jet ManagementPrivate Advantage · Citation X, Challenger 300/350$63,100incl. 7.5% FET
- 5JettlyCategory rate$65,100FET added; tax not stated
- 6Amalfi JetsAmalfi One$67,500FET added; tax not stated
- 7Vault AviationMAX Jet Card · 8 seats$68,700as published
- 8Outlier JetsJet Card$68,900FET added; tax not stated
- 9Sentient JetSJ25+$69,400incl. 7.5% FET · fuel est. $300/hr
- 10Surf Air MobilityJet Card$69,600incl. 7.5% FET
- 11Fly AllianceMembership Jet Card · 9+ seats: Challenger 300/350, G200$69,800incl. 7.5% FET
- 12Solairus AviationAltitude · e.g. Challenger 300$70,900as published
- 13Surf Air MobilityJet Card Premium · Challenger 300/350, Praetor$73,000incl. 7.5% FET
- 14Stratos JetsSOAR HIGHER · e.g. Challenger 300/350$77,600FET added; tax not stated
- 15Wheels UpThis pageSignature Fixed · Challenger 300$79,200FET added; tax not stated
- 16Fly AllianceThe Reserve (with Thrive) · Citation Longitude$81,500FET added; tax not stated
One-way estimates, lowest first: each company's published rate for a super-midsize jet × about 5h 25m, on the same basis as CRAFT's rate: the 7.5% FET added where the company adds tax or doesn't state it, and a fuel surcharge of $300 an hour where one applies but isn't published (the low end of the $300–$800 we use), before minimums and fees. CRAFT publishes this page and sells the Fleet Jet Card; it sits where its estimate falls. Sources for every rate are on the jet card rate board.
Get your exact price
Honolulu to Los Angeles, priced on a real aircraft.
Wheels Up's figure is an estimate from its published rate. Tell us the date and how many are flying, and CRAFT's desk prices the trip on a Challenger 300 or 350 against crew duty and the fees at both airports, then sends one firm number.
- A Part 135 operator flying its own Challenger 300s and 350s
- One firm price for the trip, not a range
- Fleet Jet Card members fly at the card rate, fuel and FET included
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Text (628) 289-7079A CRAFT flight coordinator usually replies within 30 minutes, 7am–10pm ET.
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Wheels Up, Honolulu to Los Angeles: questions
How much does Wheels Up cost from Honolulu to Los Angeles?
About $62,000 one way, or $124,100 round trip, on a super-midsize jet (Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300), estimated as about 5h 25m of flying × Wheels Up's published $10,576 an hour, plus 7.5% FET added by us (its rate page doesn't state tax). The rate is a published recent average, not a promise. These are estimates, not quotes from Wheels Up.
How does Wheels Up compare with other jet cards from Honolulu to Los Angeles?
Among 16 published super-midsize jet figures on this route, Wheels Up's Signature Dynamic estimate is the 3rd lowest, 10% below the route's median of $69,200. The spread runs from $54,300 to $81,500. Estimates use each company's own published rate as of the date shown, on the same tax and fuel basis, before minimums, fees and surcharges.
Does the Wheels Up estimate include tax and fuel?
Per Wheels Up's published terms, the rate page doesn't say whether tax is included, and it doesn't say whether fuel is included. To compare like for like with rates that include fuel and tax, we add the 7.5% federal excise tax where a company says it's extra or doesn't say, and a fuel surcharge of $300 an hour (the low end of the $300–$800 range we use) where it adds one without publishing the amount; nothing for fuel where it doesn't say fuel is extra. Airport fees, the segment tax, peak days and repositioning can add to any of these figures.
How long is a private flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles?
About 5h 25m on a super-midsize jet, nonstop, for 2,551 miles great-circle, by our speed and range assumptions. Winds and routing move the real time.