Volcano helicopter tours

Kilauea

Discover Hilo is the shortest flight to Kilauea: 50 minutes from the Hilo Heliport over the volcano, recent lava land and black-sand beaches. The Big Island Spectacular from Waikoloa begins over Kilauea and the ground reshaped by the 2018 eruption, then turns north along the Hamakua Coast. Rainbow's Kilauea flight lasts 90 minutes and takes in the Kona coast as well. None of these flights can promise glowing lava: that depends on the volcano on the day, and Blue Hawaiian's Hilo listing says volcanic activity varies hourly. What every flight shows is the lava fields and craters the eruptions have left.

Hualalai, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea

Rainbow's 60-minute Hualalai flight from Kailua-Kona climbs from the coast to the Ka'upulehu Crater and Hualalai, then passes the Pu'u Wa'awa'a Forest Reserve. The 90-minute Kohala flight adds Mauna Loa and, in the distance, the 13,796-foot summit of Mauna Kea, before the waterfalls of the Kohala Coast. Both run with the doors on or off; the cards here are doors on.

Haleakala on Maui

Haleakala is dormant, so there is no lava, but Air Maui flies over its summit crater on the 45-minute Hana and Haleakala flight from Kahului. It is on the Maui page.