Big Island, Hawaii · Drive times
Big Island drive times,
one by one
Short answerDistances run from Kona airport (KOA) and the towns around it. Every time below is driving only — the map time, before fuel, stops, meals or photos. Each one is marked checked, reported by travelers, or worked out, and each has its own page with what the drive is like and what it costs you in a day.
- Kona Airport to Kailua-Kona — about 13 minutes, 9 miles · verified
- Kailua-Kona to the Kohala Coast — about 45 minutes, 26 miles · verified
- Kailua-Kona to Waimea — about 1 hour, 38 miles · verified
- Kailua-Kona to the Hāmākua Coast — about 1 hour 30 minutes, 60 miles · verified
- Kailua-Kona to Hilo — about 1 hour 45 minutes, 77 miles · verified
- Kailua-Kona to Volcanoes National Park — about 2 hours 15 minutes, 106 miles · verified
- Hilo to Volcanoes National Park — about 45 minutes, 30 miles · verified
- Hilo to the Hāmākua Coast — about 1 hour 15 minutes, 50 miles · verified
- Waimea to the Hāmākua Coast — about 45 minutes · verified
- Hilo to Mauna Kea Visitor Station — about 45 minutes · verified
- Kailua-Kona to Mauna Kea Visitor Station — about 1 hour 45 minutes · verified
- Kailua-Kona to South Point — about 1 hour 48 minutes · verified
- Volcanoes National Park to South Point — about 1 hour · verified
- Hilo to Waimea — about 1 hour 5 minutes · traveler-reported
- Hilo to the Kohala Coast — about 1 hour 40 minutes · traveler-reported
- the Kohala Coast to Waimea — about 25 minutes · estimated
- Kona Airport to the Kohala Coast — about 32 minutes · estimated
The whole table on one page, plus the arithmetic behind the six-hour circle-island figure.