United Airlines· Callsign UAL3

UA3 from Los Angeles to Honolulu, tracked live

United Airlines's domestic Los Angeles-Honolulu service, 4,108 km west - tracked live here.

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LAX
Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
4,108 km · 2,553 mi
Non-stop
HNL
Honolulu
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
Aircraft
Boeing 767-300ER
typical equipment
Distance
4,108 km
2,218 nautical miles
Heading
260°
tracks west
Clock change
-3 h
on arrival
Range used
37%
of the type's book range
Length rank
#216
of 335 tracked routes

Follow UA3 in real time

The aircraft appears below whenever it is airborne and inside receiver coverage. Its planned route is drawn between the two airports.

UA3 is not transmitting right now. It may be between rotations, on the ground, or out of receiver range - Check back near departure time. The full map has the rest of the sky, and what is flying over me will name whatever is above you instead.

UA3 at a glance

  • The trip: 4,108 km (2,553 miles) from Los Angeles to Honolulu, flying west.
  • How long: no published block time for this service yet.
  • Your watch: set it 3 hours back on arrival.
  • Window seat tip: the left (south-facing) side gets the sun on a daytime flight.
  • The plane: usually a Boeing 767-300ER. This route uses about 37% of how far it can fly.

UA3 route overview: LAX to HNL

UA3 distance and great-circle path

UA3 covers 4,108 km, or 2,553 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 335 routes we track, it ranks 216 by distance.

Both ends of this route are in United States. It is 4,108 km of domestic flying west, from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Watches move 3 hours back between the two gates.

Our guide explains how the LAX-HNL route appears on a tracker map.

Can the Boeing 767-300ER comfortably fly UA3?

Not at all. At roughly 37% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 767-300ER. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 767-300ER.

What to know about UA3

  • Time change: you land 3 hours behind the time you left.

What we know about UA3

What flying LAX to HNL takes

It is a long-haul sector, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. United Airlines needs a widebody twinjet: the sector needs long-range tanks and a cabin crew rest provision, which rules out most single-aisle types. Westbound, this route pushes into the prevailing winds aloft, which is why the eastbound leg is normally the quicker one. In daylight the sun sits on the left (south-facing) side of the cabin for most of the crossing.

How we verified this

The origin and destination on this page are the ones we verified for callsign UAL3 through adsbdb, not a schedule copied from elsewhere. We have logged it airborne on 22 days between 2026-09-19 and 2026-10-10. Timings are observations, not an official operational status: always confirm with the airline before travelling.

This page was published from our own tracking record rather than a third-party schedule feed, so it grows as we see the flight again. The seven-day log below is the raw version of the same evidence.

UA3 activity in the past 7 days

Our database contains 7 observations of UA3 across 7 UTC dates in this window, most recently 2026-10-10. Those records contain 7 distinct transponder addresses. The most frequently resolved route was LAX-HNL (7 records).

The median recorded visibility was 1251 minutes. That is time inside receiver coverage, not airborne duration or an on-time-performance measurement.

Date (UTC)RouteFirst trackedLast trackedTracked for
2026-10-10 LAX → HNL 02:51 UTC 23:35 UTC 20h 44m
2026-10-09 LAX → HNL 03:07 UTC 23:26 UTC 20h 19m
2026-10-08 LAX → HNL 00:02 UTC 23:49 UTC 23h 47m
2026-10-07 LAX → HNL 00:02 UTC 23:59 UTC 23h 57m
2026-10-06 LAX → HNL 03:08 UTC 23:59 UTC 20h 51m
2026-10-05 LAX → HNL 02:53 UTC 22:36 UTC 19h 43m
2026-10-04 LAX → HNL 02:39 UTC 23:39 UTC 21h 1m

“First/last tracked” are when UA3 entered and left receiver coverage, in UTC.

Airports and aircraft on UA3

Every scheduled service we follow is listed in the tracker directory, including United Airlines and other tracked flights grouped by airline.

LAX Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, United States · live radar →
HNL Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu, United States · live radar →
B763 Boeing 767-300ER Typical equipment · specs →

How much CO2 does UA3 emit?

Worked from the great-circle distance and the fuel burn measured for Boeing 767-300ER, the aircraft normally flying this route. Carbon dioxide only - see the method below.

Distance flown4,108 km
AircraftBoeing 767-300ER
Fuel burn rate5.38 kg per km
Fuel burned22,115 kg
CO2, whole flight69.9 tonnes
Seats, typical layout218
Passengers carried181 at an 83% load factor
CO2 per passenger386 kg

Where that lands by cabin

The aircraft burns the same fuel whoever is aboard, so the cabins divide one total rather than each carrying their own. A seat's share is the floor it takes up, which is why an economy seat comes out below the 386 kg cabin average and a flat bed well above it.

Economy179 seats, 149 flown
278 kg CO2 per seat
Business33 seats, 27 flown
806 kg CO2 per seat
First7 seats, 6 flown
1,112 kg CO2 per seat

Taken whole, UA3 emits what 1,165 trees take back out of the air in a year. One economy seat on it accounts for about the same carbon dioxide as driving a petrol car 2,271 km, or 11,031 km of the same journey by train.

How this is worked out. Fuel burn is read from published measurements of this type, taken at sectors of 3,984 km and 5,556 km, interpolated to this route's 4,108 km. It counts carbon dioxide only, and the cabin split assumes the layout typical of this size of aircraft. Read the full method, sources and caveats, or put UA3 against another flight.

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SQ12Tokyo (NRT) → Los Angeles (LAX) Boeing 777-300ERSQ12 flight tracker →
SQ11Los Angeles (LAX) → Tokyo (NRT) Boeing 777-300ERSQ11 flight tracker →
UA33Tokyo (NRT) → Los Angeles (LAX) Boeing 737 MAX 8UA33 flight tracker →

Guides relevant to UA3

Chosen from this route's distance, timing, aircraft, airline and airports.

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Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

The route and typical schedule are maintained reference data. Live ADS-B observations are evidence of receiver coverage, not proof of on-time performance. Always confirm the operating date and times with the airline.

Read our schedule and observation review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

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UA3 frequently asked questions

How long is the UA3 flight?

Los Angeles to Honolulu is 4,108 km (2,553 miles) in a straight line. Actual airborne time varies with winds, routing and holding.

What aircraft operates UA3?

Typically a Boeing 767-300ER (full specifications), using roughly 37% of that type's published range.

Does UA3 fly every day?

Frequency varies by season. Always confirm with the airline before travelling.

Can I track UA3 live?

Yes. Whenever UA3 is airborne and in receiver coverage the map above follows it live, with altitude, ground speed and heading. Between rotations, the seven-day log above shows where it has been.

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