Hello folks, welcome to my second journey of the Fall 2025 trip. On this journey, I managed to fly my first time on Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 787-9 aircraft from Los Angeles Honolulu 
on Hawaiian Flight 803. The flight was scheduled to depart at 10:00 AM on Sunday and we left at 10:02 AM. Then taxiing, taking off from LA, to cruising and before descent, we were given a form for us to complete and to return to the flight attendants which was the Agricultural Declaration Form. That is that we must declare any fruits 
, vegetables 
, or plants 
that we bring to Hawaii as it is strictly prohibited to bring those items to the Hawaiian territory as it could put plants and animals at risk from what I have learned via the sources. Failure to declare those items will lead to a fine of up to $25,000 and even one year sentence in prison which is something that I would like to avoid. So preparing my trip to Honolulu, I have read that guidelines thoroughly and planned on not packing any fruits 
, vegetables 
nor plants in my carry-on luggage and that I would have to check in my carry-on luggage as I will be claiming it after going through agricultural inspection upon arrival at Honolulu airport.
Apart from that, let’s get into details of what I did in Los Angeles. So after plane spotting in LA, I drove around on I-105, I-110, CA 110, I-210, I-710, CA 60, and explored Santa Monica, Universal Studios, Long Beach, Downtown Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, Pasadena, and went out to eat at Hawaiian Barbecue 
. What I ate was a Barbecue Ribs with baked Mac n Cheese, 
, Coleslaw, White Rice 
and Hawaiian Fruit Punch 
. On Saturday, I was expecting to explore the Great Wall of Los Angeles, Mario Warner Bros. and the View of the Hollywood, but I didn’t have anytime to do that since I was busy. So next time I travel to Los Angeles, I will explore that and even do more plane spotting.
And now going to doing my packing for Honolulu, I’ve completed my packing for Honolulu . I checked out the hotel and left to return the car @ 8:10 AM before I caught the LAX People’s Mover to Terminal 6. Getting into Terminal 6 at LAX airport, I checked in my carry-on luggage as mentioned earlier, received my boarding pass, went through security and I was on my way to Gate 69A for my 10:00 AM flight to Honolulu. So here go the shots. I hope you enjoy it.
Hawaiian Airlines Flight 803: Los Angeles to Honolulu
Aircraft: Boeing 787-9
Origin: Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX)
Destination: Daniel K. Inouye Int’l Airport (PHNL)
Flight Time: 5hrs 56mins
Date: 10/26/2025
Server: Expert
Here I am at Gate 69A LAX airport, my first time on Hawaiian Airlines B787-9 that was rolled out sometime last year or this past year and I learned that Hawaiian Airlines is merging with Alaska Airlines and that Alaska Airlines is planning on flying the B787-9 from
Seattle to Rome Italy 
on May 2026. But anyways, I was willing to fly this B787-9 on Hawaiian Airlines and here I was flying it to Honolulu on Sunday. Once again, it was scheduled to depart at 10:00 AM. So welcome aboard Hawaiian Airlines Flight 803 nonstop service to Honolulu . Let’s get this flight started.
At 10:02 AM, we pushed back from Gate 69A, started up our GEnx engines, Hawaiian Airlines safety video played, and then we taxied to RWY 24L for takeoff. In this photo, we were taxiing past the TBIT Terminal.
As we prepared for takeoff, we hopped and lined up RWY 24L before we took off from LAX airport
And off we go we were airborne, after lifting off RWY 24L from LAX airport. We were off to Honolulu Hawaii
. Bye bye LA 
, we’ll c ya next time.
During our climb, we banked to our left, flying over Santa Barbara
before we flew over the whole entire Pacific Ocean 
en route to Honolulu .
We initially leveled off FL340. Cruising at FL340, I started listening to my favorite African songs
. Then I opened up the IFE and watched a movie called “A Good Advice” 
. While the movie was playing, we were served Brunch since it was a 10:00 AM. In this case, it was a Muffin with Turkey Sausage, Cage Free Egg, American Cheese and Dijonnaise and Honolulu Cookie 
and POG Juice 
. Then we later step climbed up to FL380 when we were 1 1/2 hours away from Honolulu . Then we were given an Agricultural Declaration Form for us to fill out and for the flight attendants to collect. Here goes the view of the North Pacific Ocean that we flew over at FL380 taken at Seat 15J 
.
Then we have begun our descent onto Honolulu
aiming for landing onto RWY 4R HNL airport. You can see the Hawaiian Mountains 
and the view of Honolulu , flying over the Main Islands.
Then we were on short final RWY 4R before we touched down into Hawaii
. You could literally get this sensitive feeling of being at an island 
, like you can imagine yourself being at a very beautiful island such as Hawaii as we approach RWY 4R.
We touched down into HNL’s RWY 4R at 12:30 PM. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Honolulu
. We exited the runway, crossed RWY 4L and RWY 8L and taxied to Gate A4V for our arrival to HNL airport.
And we have arrived at Honolulu
Gate A4V HNL airport. Time to grab my belongings, exit the aircraft, and head over to the Agricultural inspection, then to baggage claim 
to claim my carry-on luggage before I catch the shuttle 
to the Hertz Car Rental 
. In this case, I rented a Red 2023 Honda Accord and did a 3 minute drive to the Best Western The Plaza Hotel Honolulu Airport 
for a six day Honolulu vacation before my next trip to Anchorage Alaska
That completes the second journey on Hawaiian Airlines Flight 803 from Los Angeles to Honolulu . I hope you enjoyed this second journey. Stay tune for some Honolulu Airport plane spotting series and my next journey to Anchorage Alaska . Without further ado, be safe and have a blessed day.