Maui Getting There Picturing the head & shoulders shape of Maui, you will find the main airport, Kahului Airport, on the neck. There are nonstops from Los Angeles and San Francisco every day, and Hawaiian Airlines also has a direct flight from Seattle. Check other major airlines for the more-frequent flights from the mainland to Honolulu, from where you can catch an inter-island flight to Maui. Hawaiian Airlines has a jet service to Maui from Honolulu. Kahului Airport is small…very small. This means that when you land there, expect some waiting and some lines. This is a good time to read up on where to go and what to do, if you haven’t already. It’s also a good time to get yourself into island mode, where impatient rushing will just put you at odds with the character of the island, and it won’t make you any friends, either. So, that said, practice your new-found patience at the baggage claim carousel, the rental car agency, and at the intersection just outside the airport, where traffic meets forms a little knot of congestion, especially in the late afternoon. Good news, though: once you’re clear of these tiny obstacles, you’re free and you can enjoy Maui without encountering lines or holdups, until your flight home that is. If you’re not renting a car, (it’s recommended to do so, if you’re not visiting someone who can drive you around, since it’s tough to see all of Maui without one, and there’s not really a public transportation system that covers all of Maui) there is SpeediShuttle to the rescue, with service between airport and all the major resort areas. Call them before you fly, to arrange shuttle service. There’s also Airporter Shuttle which runs to the Lahaina and Kaanapali area only. There is another airport on Maui, called Kapalua-West Maui Airport, and it’s near the Kapalua and Kaanapali areas. You would first fly in from the mainland to Honolulu, then catch a flight on Island Air.