TRIP REPORT | Once in a Lifetime Flight! | Honolulu to San Francisco | UNITED Boeing 777
United Trip Report flying from Honolulu to San Francisco onboard one of the United Boeing 777 on a lovely winter afternoon.
An amazing flight from Honolulu to San Francisco onboard the United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER. This was my first time flying from Honolulu and I must say that I was impressed. I watched some Trip Reports before this flight and I knew more or less what to expect. Well, it was more than excellent. The views of Honolulu on takeoff and the island were some of the best I ever had.
But if I would have to highlight something above everything that would be Honolulu airport itself. I promise that I've never seen something like this. I loved the huge amount of open-air spaces that the airport has, offering plenty of views of the apron. It's a very recognizable airport; when you are at Honolulu airport you know that you are in Hawaii.
About the onboard service, United only offers a complimentary small snack (pretzels or 2 biscuits) and a drink on this flight. However, United has a buy-onboard menu, with not so many options, but those available are great. I decided to buy the Chicken Salad and the Cheese-Bacon Burger. They both were amazing. Fresh and tasty. I wonder why United is the only airline offering something like this... the plane wasn't full and the catering for purchase was sold out.
Talking about the route, we took off from Honolulu airport heading to the city and the mountains. Following the standard departure, we made an immediate right turn to fly in parallel to the coastline, which gave us some perfect views of Honolulu and the rest of the island. It lasted just for some minutes, but the views during those were perfect.
We left Hawaii behind us and flew directly to San Francisco. Before getting to SFO, and when still on cruise, we enjoyed a really nice Sunset over the Pacific Ocean. Already in the night, we flew through an area of intense turbulence that made us descent to not approach the limits of the plane. We landed at San Francisco airport, already in the night, after an amazing approach over the city and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Once at the gate, the airbridges didn't work, o we had to wait for almost 40 minutes until they fixed them and we could disembark.
Now it's your turn!
Have you ever flown with United? How was the experience? Which model did you fly? Have you ever flown on a Boeing 777? Have you ever been in Honolulu? Maybe in San Francisco? What do you think about the onboard service? Should the other airlines copy the United catering service?
Lots of things to talk about! Read you all in the comments!
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FLIGHT INFO:
· Airline: UNITED AIRLINES
· Airplane: Boeing 777-200
· Flight number: UAL1141 - UA1141
· AIRPORTS:
- Departure: Honolulu (HNL - PHNL)
- Arrival: San Francisco (SFO - KSFO)
· Departure Gate: G2
· Seat: 45A
· Registration: N211UA
· Date of Recording: February 2023
· Recorded with SAMSUNG GALAXY S21 Ultra (in UHD 4K).
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00:00 Intro
00:27 Honolulu Airport
02:31 Planespotting in Honolulu
03:21 Boarding & B777 Cabin
04:38 Suspecting an Inoperative APU
05:00 Pushback in Honolulu
05:57 Taxi in Honolulu
07:08 Takeoff from Honolulu
08:46 The Amazing Island of Oahu
11:26 Onboard Menu
11:50 Catering Service
12:25 Cruising over the Pacific Ocean
12:57 Seat Review
13:40 Sunset over the Pacific Ocean
15:06 The Golden Gate Bridge
15:54 Approaching San Francisco
16:35 Landing in San Francisco
17:21 Planespotting During Taxi
18:21 Confirming APU Inoperative
19:01 Disembarking in San Francisco
19:17 San Francisco Airport
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Never seen a flight do burgers before.. sounds interesting and a cool flight!
Me neither to be honest, and I must say it was really tasty (within the limits of what an airplane food can offer) :)
Me too. I’ve never seen a flight that serves burgers.
Me neither but it was not complimentary, so maybe it is a thing.
On some flights Qatar Airways is offering small burgers in business class as a "light option" (very tasty!).
Muchas gracias por el video. Yo que soy viejito, 53. Era como el destino turístico más exótico que se escuchaba. Nunca estuve, pero ganas sobran. Un saludo a todos y ánimo con este canal que me encanta
Jaja Desde que luego para mí, en mi infancia, también. Siempre se hablaba de Hawaii como algo hiper-exótico; que yo, particularmente, no sabía muy bien ni dónde estaba... Y la verdad es que la fama la tiene bien merecida. Su belleza salta a la vista en este vídeo tras el despegue. Pero la verdad es que creo que hay otras zona turísticas de este estilo mucho más interesantes que visitar, como por ejemplo, algo que nos queda más cercano a Europa, como es el Caribe.
Same trip about 20 years ago, SFO/HNL and back. Same United but with a DC10Z aircraft. In outbound way i remember 4 houors of turbolence!
Bonito vídeo. las islas Hawái son muy bonitas y de origen volcánico como bien dices sin ir más lejos el kilauea ha vuelta a tener actividad recientemente esculpiendo ríos de lava . Recuerda que tienes pendiente en el canal un vídeo de Japón que esperamos verlo pronto. Un cordial saludo y buen fin de semana.
Muchas gracias! Ese vuelo a Japón lo grabaré en Octubre :) Feliz finde! :D
Hey! Glad you got a chance to visit & upload this trip report! When UA finally upgrades their aircraft that does EWR-HNL (Currently operated by a B764), you should definitely give that a go! I did that a few years back!
You got a rare treat to land on the 19's. I have flown into and out of SFO dozens of times over the years and only have had that happen 1 time. SFO always features a beautiful arrival and departure, the scenery is awesome.
Yeah, the wind was on the direction for setting this rwy configuration. Maybe there were even some storms around...
You might like to note that Australia & New Zealand are also Countrie's where it's people also enjoy holidaying in the Hawaiian Islands too,me being one of them.,that burger looked yummy.Awesome ✈flight report dude👍
Thanks for the info. I dind't see so many planes from those areas, but there were some flights to Sidney, yep :)
This is why I choose Hawaiian Airlines for these transoceanic flights. They offer a free meal. Inter island flights on the other hand just give you a free pocket-sized guava juice.
That's true. The service is quite different :)
The guava juice is SO good!
@OnBoardHD Thanks for another great video, my favourite KZhead trip report channel. Just a heads up, Atlas Air in the US still operates the 747-400 in passenger configuration, they have 5 (2 are parked up) and I think the 3 they fly are ex Virgin Atlantic machines. They aren't used on scheduled services, they carry out mainly military charters but also some standard charter work. Keep up the quality work, thank you
Thanks a lot, mate! I'm really glad to read kind comments like this one :) Yeah, I thought about that when I was writing the sentence that you're making reference to. But as far as I know, they only do it on charter operations, while their main business is in the cargo sector. So that's why I decided that a little exception would not preclude me from making such a beautiful sentence hehehe But yeah, you're correct. :) Ok, now I read the rest of your comment and you're saying exactly that haha Have a great weekend and see you next Saturday flying from India to Paris! :))
The aircraft at 12:37 is N733KA, Boeing 737-800, KaiserAir Inc.
Wow! I would have never discover it. Thanks a lot for the info. Great eye! :)
Honolulu is a great airport!
I'm sure it will surprise a lot of people :)
I also want to see a Japan Airlines/ ANA flight in the future.
Amazing video! The views on departure from HNL are simply breathtaking! 🤩
Thanks mate! Glda that you've enjoyed it :))
Great video, really enjoyed it and appreciated the APU explanation too. I didn't know about the Asian tourists to Hawaii so learned something else too! Love San Francisco and hope to make it to Hawaii someday 😊
Thanks a lot! Glad that you've enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback :) Enjoy the weekend!
@@OnBoardHD You are most welcome and you enjoy the weekend too
This video was the best i've ever seen. It's my first time on the channel. It was very education ,I enjoyed the facts about vapor trails, APU etc. +1 subscriber 😁Have a great day !!
Thanks so much, Aaron!! Really glad that you enojyed this video so much! You have 700+ Trip Reports on the channel, so plenty to choose from haha Welcome to OnBoardHD! :)
That's it: the bacon cheeseburger was probably the most American item on the menu (and I love a good one).
haha THat's true. Itr was surprisingly good! I will definitely repeat the next time I fly with United! :D
Great video! I look forward to them every week! You actually got a rare experience flying into SFO on this flight. Landing on 19 means they had "turned the airport around" to land in storm conditions. Normally landings happen on 28L and 28R and they use 01L/R for some takeoffs (which are the 19s running the opposite way!). Fun!
Yeah, the wind was on the direction for setting this rwy configuration. Maybe there were even some storms around as you said... :)
Lovely insight! ✈ Cheers from London 💂🏼
Another great video, my friend 👍
Glad you enjoyed it :))
I like viewing the contrail!
It's something I really enjoy as well haha I love when I can recorded it and show it on the videos :)
parabéns!!!! Muito bom. Continue postando.
Muchas gracias!! :)
Desde Bolivia cochabamaba aquí esperando un nuevo vuelo 🇧🇴
You always asked this question why just wondering ok
@@ruairibailey2958Because he’s a spammer
Yea I flew it twice I was impressed with united
That's amazing United US & Worldwide destinations. The United fleet 7 airplanes that's good. ❤😊🎉🇺🇸🇺🇲👍🤗☺️🤩🛫🛬✈️✈️✈️✈️🤩
Thanks Neil! Glad that you've enjoyed this Trip Report! Enjoy the weekend :))
Looks like a holiday trip😄
It was an amazing trip. I'm sure you'll enjoy it! :D
You are from which country
I like the open spaces of the Hawaii terminal. Interesting concept.
Absolutely. I'm looking forward to make more trips to airports like this one :)
Hawaii is on my bucket list. Thanks for the visit‼️
Is really worth visiting :)
great video, as always, the colours in Honolulu are amazing ! 🙂
Thanks a lot!
Vídeo Espetacular Maravilhoso Com o 777 Parabéns 😊🇧🇷✈️
Muchas gracias! :)
Perfect as always - greets from 🇦🇹
Thanks Gustav :)
Nice, nice, very nice! I am enjoying these videos from the US. I love SFO so much. As a child I was playing PC game Flight Unlimited II. Do you anybody remember? 😁😁😁 That is from this area around SFO and other airports like Oackland... etc.
Haha To be honest I don't even know the game... But I'm happy that it brought you some nice memories :)) I've just checked pics and it says it's from the 1997 microsoft sim. The first one I used was the 2004 edition :)
@@OnBoardHD Yep, it was in the last Century. The game is old, but iconic and memorable.
Va hacer interesante ese vuelo. Saludos desde Venezuela 🇻🇪
Esperemos que sí! :D
Dioss que ganasss
Estrenamos en pocos minutos! :D
Morning from Montreal .. and welcome back Sir .. Masha Allah absolutely beautiful sharing and as always you doing an excellent great job, loved the spectacular gorgeous captured and the filming edition absolutely beautiful sharing and super cool and super amazing .. keep it up Sir and I really appreciate and enjoy watching your lifestyle and your beautiful sharing adventure trip report .. Ur the best Sir and take care stay safe .. TQSM from MTL CDN ..
Thanks Azamy! Glad that you've enjoyed this jump over the Pacific! Next Saturday we're flying from India! :))
I'm glad your flight on a 23 year old 777 equiped with Pratt & Whitney engines that have a propensity for uncontained failures was a safe one.
You're an aviation expert :)
Hermoso video y muy buena la explicacion de como encienden los motores , felicitaciones por el canal , a la espera del proximo , saludos desde Argentina
Me alegra que te haya gustado Omar. Buen Domingo! :)
Very nice video! Me and my wife flew from HNL in early mars to SFO. I agree the airport is very special with open spaces and to take a bus between the terminals. We also flew United , first in economy on SFO HNL ant than in economy plus but got seats in Premimum economy on our return flight to SFO
Thanks a lot! Glad that you've enjoyed it! :) I have another United flight to Honolulu in the future, and the reason why I decided to not take an upgrade they offered me to PE is becasue those seats are mainly over the wings, which doesn't allow me to film many things I want =/
Greetings from UK 🇬🇧
hope you enjoyed the trip report! :D
@@OnBoardHD I did it was amazing :D
@@0mgHxdntGreat! :D
Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Pura vida!! :D
I love your videos
thanks :)
Landing on the 19L woah!!!!! Never seen one onboard. Landing was rough but ah whatever lol
Yeah, it's not common at all :)
Una inmensa alegría encontrar tu canal. Esa información que nos vas brindando, satisface mucho, de hecho, me pregunto cómo sabes tanto y cómo lo haces en el mismo video? Tienes por aquí una fiel seguidora. Exito siempre…!!!
Muchas gracias! Un placer que te haya gustado tanto! Internet está lleno de información, una gran fuente de conocimiento, si sabes distinguir el contenido basura del que realmente te puede aportar cosas (lo digo en referencia a cómo aprendo las cosas que muestro en los vídeos).
Great trip on United ! Yummy cheeseburger. Liked the openness of the Honolulu airport & the shops. If you live near a major airport are people allowed to shop there or are the stores only for flyers? Have always wondered that. 😊 Have a safe next trip✈️👍🏻🙋🏼♀️
Thanks! Glad that you've enjoyed the Trip Report! :) The cheeseburger was surprisingly good! I will definitely repeat the next time I fly with United! :D The shops are usually on the airside (after the security control) so are only for the passengers.
@@OnBoardHD thanks for answering my question. Airports certainly have better stores than most cities🤔
Amazing video🎉 but i seems rare without display in airplane😢
I agree, it looks weird to see so many seats without screens :)
That is one long inflight announcement.
Take into account that you're watching a 4h+ flight in around 20 minutes. Maybe I put too much of them :)
It not only looks a little old, and unloved, but it is old and poorly maintained with few upgrades. It just "is" and exists. Does the job with minimal frills.
Amazing channel new subscriber
Thanks! Welcome to OnBoardHD :)
Are you able to do a trip to doha to Sulaymaniyah m. You have great videos and I love them ❤
For now it's not on my plans, but we'll have more Doha on the channel soon :)
Thank you OnBoardHD. You have great videos I enjoy your flight videos. Especially 16 hour flight from San Francisco to doha 🫶🏼❤️
It’s really cool to see that HLN airport has outdoor space on the airside. What “APU” stands for is “Auxiliary Power Unit”. You can hear those words & abbreviation on the movie, Sully.
Glad that you've enjoyed the video! Exactly, that's the meaning of APU :)
Saludos desde Ecuador 🇪🇨 me gustan tus vídeos quiero que vueles en un A340-600
Ojalá pueda pronto... la única opción viable es Lufthansa para ello...
@@OnBoardHDOr Iberia, or Plus Altra
@@AirportPlaneSpotting iberia retiró hace 3 años los ultimos a340.
Forgot to mention Hawaii is also popular with European tourists, however, there are no direct flights between mainland Europe/UK to Hawaii….yet
Well, not that much... it's prety far from Europe... More than 15 hours away and, as you said, there's no direct flight. To be honest, I don't know personaly any European that has been ever in Hawaii =(
Can you do more atlanta flights
I can take a look at it, yes :)
Greeting from uganda
hope you've enjoyed the video :))
I love your video A question: how do you have the means to make the flights and how do you do according to the hours of work to be able to do so many trip reports? Thank you for your answer one of your fans
By planning and working hard.
@@OnBoardHD Thank you for your answer but can you explain it please
The same flight and the same Airline United but a lot of years ago. The Aircraft was a old DC10😮 SFC.HNL.MAUI ❤❤ and Back... Than a long trip to Milan MPX.
Sounds amazing!
Yes it was ❤
It has been so many years since I have been on an airliner the only thing they served was coke and peanuts. Thank goodness for putting wheels on big suit cases. Nothing like having that house in the middle of a volcano.
hehehe Loved the part about the volcano :D
That looks like air tahiti?
But they don't have 737s... =/
Aren't they going to retrofit the economy class and keep first class the same on the aircraft u flew on? I thought I saw it in another video.
They did it already. As I say on the video, this is a B777 for domestic flights. These seats are exactly the same as those that are equipped on the Boeing 737 MAX, which are the newest planes on the fleet.
how come there were no monitors in the seats in this 777?
Because they are used in domestic routes only :)
@@OnBoardHD Does United plan to change its interior
7:17 was that fuel leaking from that tube?
I didnt see it before... i dont know. Probably just some condensated vapour.
When is next long haul flight 10+ hours
10h+ towards the end of this month, but next week we'll have a long haul as well from India to France :)
@@OnBoardHD WHich airline
The plane at 12:37 has a levry similar to China Airlines (Taiwan)
Yes, that's true... but I wonder what a 737 of this company would be doing so far from its home... =/
That you can answer :) going for repairs? Lease?
El B 737 es Kaiser Air/Hawaii Shuttle una aerolinea charter
Correcto. :)
I think Atlas Air always use at least a passengers B744 😉
True, for charters with soldiers mainly I think. :)
A mi me gustaría ver el vídeo de Guadalajara mexico a Madrid o al revés en aeromexico
La verdad es que llevo un tiempo mirando los vuelos de Aeromexico hacia/desde Madrid, pero por ahora ninguno me ha coincidido bien en fechas/precio del billete. A ver si pronto! :)
Why do you always put the safety card instructions towards the end of the video and not the start of the flight?
Because ot was always that way 🤷♂️
Yeah the plane is configured for domestic flights but America is a huge country. A 777 without IFE is not acceptable.
Well, many A321's and B737 that make transcontinental flights also fit the same seats. They offer entertainment via WiFi.
@@OnBoardHD but this 777 can be used in a longer flight in case another 777 of the fleet failures
One mistake: Hawaii isn't the only state that isn't part of the continental United States. Alaska is another one that isn't connected to any state.
Continental makes reference to a continent, it doesn't have anything with being next to another State. Alaska is on the American continent, so it's a continental State.
This is a 777-200, not a -200ER! All of the ERs have seatback screens and most of the domestic -200s do not have screens.
Thanks for the info :)
Since it’s a domestic flight and the plane is configured for domestic flights, how is that unusual?
It's unusual to see a B777 without screens in general.
Hello
12:39 china Airlines
Negative. Is a private jet company, KaiserAir.
I have never seen a United B777 have no IFEs.
They have a few of them for these routes, as far as In know.
Buen vuelo, la verdad es que no me gusta mucho United, sus aviones están demasiado desactualizados y el servicio a bordo no es muy bueno.
Este avión en particular no es que estuviese desactualizado. Lo tienen sin pantallas porque está destinado a vuelos dentro de los EEUU. Ofrecen servicio de streaming for WiFi en tu propio dispositivo. La verdad es que disfruto bastante de los vuelos con United, la experiencia es relativamente buena siempre... pero por alguna razón los vídeos de United son despiertan gran interés entre la gente que le gustan este tipo de vídeos... =/
@@OnBoardHD Mi experiencia fue en un vuelo desde Santiago de Chile a Houston y el avión tenía muchos detalles, como sus baños en mal estado, algunas luces no funcionaban y el tema de las pantallas igual, incluso tuvieron que reiniciarlas varias veces, el avión muy ruidoso, al parecer tenia muchos años de servicio.
#waduh
N210UA-N215UA are not ERs
Thanks for the info :)
If the apu was inop, it wouldn’t fly etops
Nice try... But the B777 MEL states that it can fly up to 180 minutes from an airport, which applies to this route.
For the trip Honolulu to San franscico forget United airlines.... the service is poor
I have taken this flight several times, it is a disaster, the service on board is very poor, I do not recommend it, I chose another company
I have taken this flight several times, it is a disaster, the service on board is poor, once I received a cabin baggage on my head when its owner took it, I do not recommend it, chose another company
Well, that can happen in any flight... But yeah, on a 5h flight, the onboard service must be much better...
Do away with the comments. Kind of annoying.
Sure. Immediately.
Why do people tolerate domestic service and why is it so much worse than international service? Do we treat foreigners better than our own citizens? Yes, but why? Image or what? Despicable if you think about it. We pay lots of money to get minimized service. Sad. Is it greed or simple cost-cutting in places where passengers are more tolerant or maybe stupid? Says a lot about their opinion of their own passengers. Disgraceful, but most domestic carriers have the same prejudices against their own countrymen. Few better choices so we take what is offered. Maybe they are correct in their analysis of our tolerance for pain.