Featured Map for 7 February 2019:
Southwest Airlines Honolulu to Dallas

Yesterday, Southwest Airlines completed its first flight from Hawaii, a 3,795-mile ETOPS proving flight from Honolulu to Dallas. This flight exceeded Boeing's published 3,383-mile maximum range for the 737-800, a feat possible due to a light load consisting only of FAA representatives and Southwest employees participating in the certification effort, aided by favorable tailwinds. The aircraft had arrived in Honolulu from Oakland the previous day.

When Southwest adds scheduled service to Hawaii plans are for service between four California airports (Oakland, San Diego, San José, and Sacramento) and four Hawaiian airports (Honolulu, Kahului (Maui), Lihue (Kauai), and Kona ("The Big Island")). Dallas isn't in the current plans.

Today's Featured Map shows the route of this week's certification flights plus the four airports on each end of the planned Hawaiian service.

References and additional information:

• Southwest Airlines
  • Southwest Airlines Completes First Validation Flight to Hawaii (5 February 2019)
  • Southwest Airlines Intends To Serve Hawaii Nonstop From California Airports In Oakland, San Diego, San Jose, & Sacramento (3 May 2008)
• Southwest's Hawaii flight tests continue: Honolulu-Dallas is today – USA Today (6 February 2019)
• 737-800 Technical Characteristics (AERO 17) – Boeing
• FlightAware
  • N8329B (SWA8725) Operating as Southwest 8725 OAK-HNL on 05-FEB-2019
  • N8329B (SWA8725) Operating as Southwest 8725 HNL-DAL on 06-FEB-2019
• N8329B Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8H4(WL) – Planespotters.net