Waikiki, Diamond Head and Pearl Harbor on every route. The longer flights add the Windward Coast, Sacred Falls and the North Shore.
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Flight time: 60 min
Flight time: 45 min
Flight time: 30 min
Flight time: 20 min
Flight time: 50 min
Every Oahu flight here takes off in Honolulu and lands there again. Rainbow Helicopters flies routes from 20 to 60 minutes with live commentary from the pilot, Blue Hawaiian a 50-minute loop in the Eco-Star. Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial are part of every route.
Shared flights with the doors closed. Each card has the seller, its current price and the cancellation window.
Honolulu
Flight details as the seller lists them, including weight rules and check-in times of the operator.
Honolulu
Flight details as the seller lists them, including weight rules and check-in times of the operator.
Honolulu
Flight details as the seller lists them, including weight rules and check-in times of the operator.
Honolulu
Flight details as the seller lists them, including weight rules and check-in times of the operator.
Honolulu
Flight details as the seller lists them, including weight rules and check-in times of the operator.
Flight time as each seller lists it; departure point where the listing names it.
| Flight | Flight time | Island | Departs from | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow · 60 min, doors on | 60 min | Oahu | Honolulu | Doors on |
| Rainbow · 45 min, doors on | 45 min | Oahu | Honolulu | Doors on |
| Rainbow Path to Pali · 30 min, doors on | 30 min | Oahu | Honolulu | Doors on |
| Rainbow Waikiki · 20 min, doors on | 20 min | Oahu | Honolulu | Doors on |
| Blue Hawaiian Blue Skies of Oahu · 50 min | 50 min | Oahu | Honolulu | Doors on |
Where a flight includes a landing or a stop, the card shows the total duration instead of the time in the air.
The 20-minute Waikiki flight stays on the South Shore: Honolulu Harbor, Ala Moana, Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head, Punchbowl Crater and Pearl Harbor. The 30-minute Path to Pali route goes on to Hanauma Bay, Makapu'u Point and Mt. Olomana, then turns inland over the Nu'uanu Pali cliffs.
From 45 minutes the flights follow the Windward Coast past Lanikai Beach and Chinaman's Hat to Ka'a'awa Valley and Sacred Falls, and come back over the Dole Plantation. The 60-minute Rainbow flight is the one that reaches the North Shore, with the Banzai Pipeline and Waimea Bay. Blue Hawaiian's Blue Skies of Oahu covers Hanauma Bay, Waimanalo Beach, Kaneohe Bay and the Nuuanu Valley, and at Pearl Harbor it also passes the Battleship Missouri.
Rainbow flies a Robinson R44 and an Airbus Astar and sells each route with the doors on or off. The doors-on flights are on this page, the open-door versions of the 45- and 60-minute routes on the doors-off page. Straps and cases for phones are handed out at the base. Blue Hawaiian uses the Eco-Star with Bose noise-cancelling headsets and a microphone for talking to the pilot. Its listing says the heliport and the helicopter are wheelchair accessible, with a lift at the base.
Blue Hawaiian wants you at check-in one hour before the flight, does not allow hats, large bags or selfie sticks, and suggests dark clothes so they do not reflect in the windows. Rainbow lists a jacket, long pants, a hair tie and closed-toe shoes. Both operators rule out scuba diving in the 24 hours before you fly.
The 60-minute Rainbow flight. It passes the Banzai Pipeline and Waimea Bay before looping back to Honolulu. The 45- and 50-minute flights turn around at Sacred Falls and the Dole Plantation.
Rainbow charges 50 % of the seat price for passengers from 250 to 275 lb and a second seat from 275 lb; the 30-minute Path to Pali listing names 260 lb as the limit. Blue Hawaiian requires an adjacent seat at half price for anyone over 240 lb.
Rainbow flights booked through GetYourGuide can be cancelled for a full refund up to 2 days before, through Viator up to 24 hours before. Blue Hawaiian: up to 24 hours before.
Yes. Rainbow needs a full-fare seat for every child from 24 months. Blue Hawaiian lets infants up to 23 months sit on a lap free of charge.
Rainbow's 45- and 60-minute routes with open doors, from 80 lb passenger weight in the R44 and 100 lb in the Astar.
Manawaiopuna Falls, Waimea Canyon and the Na Pali Coast, from Lihue or Princeville.
Honolulu and Kailua-Kona, every route with a doors-on and a doors-off option.
From 20 minutes over Waikiki to the full hour up to the North Shore.
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