Oakland to Big Island Via Alaska Air Beg. November

[PaulW]

Speaking of Kona Airport, here's a list of non-Hawaiian non-stop destinations from Kona (courtesy of Wikipedia) :

Air Canada Vancouver [seasonal]
Alaska Oakland, Seattle/Tacoma
American Los Angeles
Delta Los Angeles
JAL Tokyo-Narita
Kona Air Oakland
United Chicago[seasonal], Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco
US Phoenix
WestJet Vancouver [seasonal]

I'm finding it more and more worthwhile to just rent a car and drive to Kona instead of flying via Honolulu.