The Island Hopper UA154

If you’re an aviation geek, you know about United Flight 154. Known as the “Island Hopper”, the Boeing 737-800 runs on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday traversing the Pacific ocean island-by-island, taking you to remote places many don’t even know exist. Departing Honolulu, it heads to Majuro, Marshall Islands (MAJ) then hops to four more islands, Kwajalein (KWA) to Kosrae (KSA) to Pohnpei (PNI) to Chuuk (TKK) before reaching its destination and landing in Guam (GUM). For a travel and airplane geek, the united flight 154 route is your Mecca.

Unlike other flights, a mechanic and extra set of spare parts is carried on board the Boeing 737-800.Other peculiarities include having four pilots working on each flight. Two pilots would fly the leg from Honolulu to Majuro and the other pair fly the remaining legs. Flight attendants also receive crew duty time exemption from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Since many runways in the islands are short, fire trucks are usually staffed and lined up beside the runway ready to cool the brakes and tires after each landing.

The total time from Honolulu to Guam, including time on the ground, is 16 hours.It takes 4.5 hours to fly from Honolulu to Majuro,followed by a 45-minute flight from Majuro to Kwajalein. From Kwajalein to Kosrae, the flight takes one hour. Kosrae to Pohnpei flight takes another hour. From Pohnpei, it takes 70 minutes to fly to Chuuk. The final leg, from Chuuk to Guam, takes 90 minutes. Passengers may disembark and reboard at each stop or remain on the aircraft. Ground times at each stop are 45 minutes at Majuro, 39 minutes at Kwajalein, 33 minutes at Kosrae, 34 minutes at Pohnpei and 34 minutes at Chuuk. Upon arrival in Guam it is possible connect to United Airlines "Manila Hopper" flight with flies to Manila, Philippines with similar brief stops in Yap (Yap Airport) and Koror, Palau.

Please enjoy this normally 16 hours trip , just in 2 minutes

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