Flight Log of United Airlines Flight 1722 and 436 from Kahului to Baltimore via San Francisco

The final day of our 2023 trip to Hawaii as we flew back from Maui to Washington DC.

Waves off Maui Coast

After an exhausting day in Haleakalā National Park, we took a good rest the previous night. Our flight would depart Maui at 2pm, which meant we could get up late, do some souvenir shopping, have a decent lunch, before heading towards the airport.

Ticketing

As mentioned in the previous posts, this was a Star Alliance award ticket issued by Turkish Airlines, costing only 7500 miles since it’s a domestic itinerary. For our return, we had the options of:

• Kahului – San Francisco – Baltimore
• Kahului – Los Angeles – Washington Dulles
• Kahului – Chicago – Washington Reagan

All three options had “X” class available on United’s website, for which I really liked the third option of Chicago connection. The long flight from Kahului to would allow us a decent rest on United’s 787-10 (I was a bit surprised that a 787-10 had the range to operate this 4100-mile flight given Kahului’s limited runway length), unlike the other two options where the entire journey was interrupted about halfway in the middle. It also left later in the day, giving us more time in Hawaii. Unfortunately, I tried a few phone agents of Turkish Airlines, none of which was able to issue this itinerary. Among the remaining two, Baltimore Airport suited our schedule better since we could have a car parked there, so we picked this route.

Flight UA1722 from Kahului to San Francisco

The line for security at Kahului Airport was long, wrapping around the terminal, but it also moved reasonably fast. In the end, we were inside the terminal an hour before our flight’s departure.

Once inside the terminal, I could have visited Hawaiian Airline’s Premier Club with my PPS membership. However, the reviews online weren’t that good for this lounge (compared to the one in Honolulu), and since we just had lunch about an hour ago, I skipped it.

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Departure Hall

Terminal Interior
Most departures to mainland USA were from the northern end of the terminal, requiring a long walk.

Planes at Kahului Airport
Three legacies carriers in one wide-angle shot.

United Airlines B39M
Off to Los Angeles.

United Airlines B772 (N221UA)
My plane to San Francisco.

United Airlines B772 Cabin Interior

While the boarding was largely on-time and orderly, once onboard, we sat at the gate for about an hour due to “last-minute customer service issue”. As a result, I watched the nearby United plane bound for Los Angeles, which was scheduled 20 minutes later than us (our other option back home), left before us.
One more thing to note, it happened that the two ladies sitting next to me were the ones that gave me the ride from Halemau’u Trailhead to Summit Visitor Center in Haleakalā National Park. We were all happily surprised by such coincidence.

United Airlines 1722
Kahului, HI (OGG) – San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Boeing B777-200 (N221UA)
Seat 46A
Scheduled Departure – 2:10pm
Actual Departure – 2:55pm
Scheduled Arrival – 9:05pm
Actual Arrival – 9:25pm
4 hours and 30 minutes
Here’s GPS tracking:

Here’s a video of the takeoff:

The actual flight wasn’t very eventful. It’ certainly not as bumpy as my flight to Honolulu a week ago.

 
Clouds over Pacific Ocean at Dusk
The sun set halfway into the flight, whose twilight was probably the most exciting sight of the flight.

Before landing, we were given a tour of the city lights of silicon valley, where I picked up some landmarks like the campus of Stanford University.

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San Francisco Bay Area at Night

Stanford University Campus

San Francisco Bay Area at Night

Pacific Shores Center

At first sight, the interior of San Francisco Airport’s terminals were unlike most other in the nation, in that it’s stylish and modern. My feelings certainly changed after finding out such slick appearances were supported by exorbitant prices and fees from its concessions.

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Terminal Interior

Terminal Interior

Dinner

Despite both of our flights were from terminal E, we didn’t like the food offerings there. Instead, we headed for the nearby terminal D for this burger.

Flight UA436 from San Francisco to Baltimore

On paper, we had a 2-hour connection in San Francisco. The delay of our flight from Kahului meant it was cut slightly short, but still enough for us to grab some dinner before boarding our flight to Baltimore.

United Airlines 436
San Francisco, CA (SFO) – Baltimore, MD (BWI)
Boeing B737-Max9 (N27520)
Seat 37A
Scheduled Departure – 11:05pm
Actual Departure – 11:43pm
Scheduled Arrival – 7:07am + 1
Actual Arrival – 7:18am + 1
4 hours and 35 minutes
Here’s GPS tracking:

Despite it’s approaching midnight, San Francisco Airport was still busy. We waited in line for a few minutes for our turn at takeoff, from runway 1R (which wasn’t as often used as the pair 10/28).
Once airborne, I was treated with the beautiful lights of San Francisco and Oakland before we climbed into darkness, and I retired into slumber.

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Distant Downtown San Francisco at Night

Overlooking San Francisco

Downtown San Francisco and Bay Bridge

San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge

Oakland

The skies lit up just as we approached Baltimore from the south, flying around Washington DC. In this way, I was treated with some nice views of the nation’s capital.

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Misty Morning

Flying over Shenandoah National Park. I believed the peak in the lower-center of this photo was Old Rag.

Warrenton, VA
A town I frequented on my way to and from Shenandoah National Park.

Northern Virginia
Dulles Airport in the upper-right.

Overlooking Washington DC

Distant Washington DC
A vantage view.

Southern Washington DC Suburb
Joint Base Andrews in the center.

Finally, I took a video of the landing, of an uneventful conclusion to our Hawaii trip. Please bear with the white balance as the landing happened in twilight, and I tried my best at recovering it.

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