The few times Ive flown between Hawaiian Islands it was on a Hawaiian Airlines puddle jumper not a 737 Max. If Southwest is making these runs its something newish.

Also the distance between Honolulu and Lihaue is only about 125 miles. You dont go to 16000 feet for that distance. Its only a 25 minute flight. Ive flown dozens of times between Chicago and Detroit. Thats double the distance (250 miles) and we only went up to around 10k feet.

So is this comms of some sort? Because the article isnt believable.

Edit: I couldnt find anything about how high a plane would fly between these two points but I did find an estimate for how far a plane travels to ascend of descend 1000 feet. Three miles per 1000 feet. So of the 125 miles trip it would take about 48 miles to ascend and then 48 miles to descend, leaving 29 miles at altitude. May be plausible I suppose but still doesnt sound right.

The few times Ive flown between Hawaiian Islands it was on a Hawaiian Airlines puddle jumper not a 737 Max. If Southwest is making these runs its something newish.

Also the distance between Honolulu and Lihaue is only about 125 miles. You dont go to 16000 feet for that distance. Its only a 25 minute flight. Ive flown dozens of times between Chicago and Detroit. Thats double the distance (250 miles) and we only went up to around 10k feet.

So is this comms of some sort? Because the article isnt believable.

Edit: I couldnt find anything about how high a plane would fly between these two points but I did find an estimate for how far a plane travels to ascend of descend 1000 feet. Three miles per 1000 feet. So of the 125 miles trip it would take about 48 miles to ascend and then 48 miles to descend. May be plausible I suppose.

The few times Ive flown between Hawaiian Islands it was on a Hawaiian Airlines puddle jumper not a 737 Max. If Southwest is making these runs its something newish.

Also the distance between Honolulu and Lihaue is only about 125 miles. You dont go to 16000 feet for that distance. Its only a 25 minute flight. Ive flown dozens of times between Chicago and Detroit. Thats double the distance (250 miles) and we only went up to around 10k feet.

So is this comms of some sort? Because the article isnt believable.

The few times Ive flown between Hawaiian Islands it was on a Hawaiian Airlines puddle jumper not a 737 Max. If Southwest is making these runs its something newish.

Also the distance between Honolulu and Lihaue is only about 125 miles. You dont go to 16000 feet for that distance. Its only a 25 minute flight.

So is this comms of some sort? Because the article isnt believable.

The few times Ive flown between Hawaiian Islands it was on a puddle jumper not a 737 Max. Also the distance between Honolulu and Lihaue is only about 125 miles. You dont go to 16000 feet for that distance. Its only a 25 minute flight.

So is this comms of some sort? Because the article isnt believable.

The few times Ive flown between Hawaiian Islands it was on a puddle jumper not a 737 Max. Also the distance between Honolulu and Lihaue is only about 125 miles. You dont go to 16000 feet for that distance.

So is this comms of some sort? Because the article isnt believable.

Article is behind a paywall but Im confused. Was the flight from the Mainland to Hawaii or from Honolulu to Kauai?

If it was from Honolulu to Kauai there is no way it was at 16000 feet. The distance is only about 125 miles between the two.