Air Tours on a fixed-wing aircraft are a great way to view the active volcano and are often much less costly than the helicopters
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Maui Air Tours - Airplane Flights
Maui Air Tours and Airplane Sightseeing Flights can visit the 75% of Maui that can only be seen from the air.
Maui is beautiful from the air and a flight on an airplane is often the most cost effective way to see it!
Where do the fixed wing aircraft fly on Maui?
- Fixed-wing aircraft fly to the Big Island from Maui to flight-see the fantastic volcanic activity.
- There are also airplane flights that will take you from Maui to Father Damien's Leper Colony where you are given a land tour of the Kalaupapa Peninsula on Molokai.
- There are airplane flights that give flight-seeing tours of the island of Maui.
Tom's Tips - Maui Fixed-Wing Air Tour Flights
- If you're looking for the very best value in an air tour you might consider a fixed-wing aircraft.
- If you are staying on Maui and want to see the volcanoes on the Big Island from the air and then fly right back to Maui, a fixed-wing aircraft is your only choice.
- If you are staying on Maui and would like to visit Father Damien's Leper Colony on Molokai with a four hour land tour and return the same day, an airplane tour is your only choice.
Air Tours and Air Plane Rides in Maui - Options Below:
Hawaii Expedition & Adventures Hawaii Expedition and Adventures offers a scenic air tour and informative ground tour of the original Leper Colony. They are devoted to bringing people who are truly interested in knowing about the history of Kalaupapa and the legacy of the work that Father Damien left behind. Tour is conducted in one of the old school buses escorted and narrated by one of the residents of Kalaupapa. To visit Kalaupapa and Kalawao today is truly a unique experience. …(more info) | Price Range: (From: $329.90 - To: $329.90) |
Interisland Airways If you’re looking to go on a fixed wing airplane tour over to the Big Island with a landing for an afternoon sightseeing tour to the Volcanoes National Park, Thurston Lava Tube and more then you should look into Inter-Island Airways. This tour gives you all the benefits of getting to combine both aerial and ground tours of the Big Island. You’ll get to smell the steam vents of the Volcanoes National Park and feel the vapor on your face first hand. But you’ll also get the benefit of having an air tour, if it's clear..…(more info) | Price Range: (From: $399.00 - To: $449.00) |
Volcano Air Volcano Air is the company to choose if you’re interested in seeing the incredible volcanic activity on the Big Island of Hawaii from the air in a plane that departs from Maui. Since 1993, Volcano Air has been flying daily air tours over one of the most dramatic and active geologic events on the planet. These flights are very much in demand and often book days in advance. There are departures available from both the Kahului and Kapalua airports offering direct roundtrip service over the volcano…(more info) | Price Range: (From: $355.00 - To: $502.50) |
Air Tours - Airplane Tours on Maui Fixed wing air tours on Maui can simply fly over the island of Maui but the most popular of them are those that either include the erupting volcanoes of the Big Island of Hawaii or those that include a tour to Father Damiens Leper Colony on the island of Molokai. The Father Damien trips actually land on the famous Kaulapapa Peninsula and tour the leper colony on land for four hours before your airplane comes back to pick you up on your return trip to Maui. | Price Range: (From: $329.90 - To: $449.00) |
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Air Tours (Fixed-Wing) on Maui - When people think of "Air Tours" in Hawaii they generally think of helicopters, and rightly so, because the vast majority of sightseeing flights we have here are on helicopters. That being said however, I think that flights on fixed-wing aircraft are often very under-rated regarding both performance and value. It is certainly true that helicopters have the capability to "hover", which is not in the arsenal of capabilities available to fixed-wing aircraft. This may be a limiting factor, but it may not be as significant a characteristic as you might first imagine. I have flown on a significant number of fixed-wing air tours, as well as helicopters, and on both it certainly could be said that you end up getting the "lay of the land". The fixed-wing aircraft generally fly a bit higher than their hovering counterparts but your overall impression on either upon your return is that you've had a great view of the islands below. In fact I have taken quite a number of photos of island features from both types of aircraft and of many it can be said that it is literally impossible to determine the origin of the snapshot taken. Occasionally I can even suggest that the quality of the tour I have taken was even higher on the fixed wing than on certain helicopter flights. One in particular was on a flight that only took myself and my significant other on a private tour on which we were even allowed to suggest certain areas of the island that we wanted to see in greater detail and were obliged by the pilot. One other important piece of "fixed-wing" flights versus helicopter flights discussion is that the "fixed-wing" option is often considerably less expensive. All this being stated however, I think that if I had to make a choice of flying one or the other and money was not an object, I probably would choose the helicopter because there are certain places you simply cannot get into to view on a plane that you can on a helicopter. Viewing the islands from a plane, however, is not exactly the "weak sister" option to its helicopter cousin and certainly should be considered as a viable option, especially when price may be a concern.
