Full Flight - Southwest Airlines - Boeing 737-8 Max - HNL-PHX - N8729H - WN4538 - IFS Ep. 448

[@sla31]

Today we're flying on another Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 Max. This time from Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL) to Phoenix, Arizona (PHX), as we make our way back to the mainland. Last week we flew to Hawaii on the Max, so now, it only makes sense to take one home. As is always the case, the views out of HNL never disappoint. From sweeping views of the terminals, which one could be forgiven for thinking is a Southwest Airlines hub now, to stunning views of Waikiki Beach, Waikiki, and the entire Island of Oahu, you’ll want to watch all of this one. I really enjoyed flying on Southwest's Max to and from Hawaii. I think Southwest has the most comfortable economy seating when it comes to US 737 operators. And in general, I personally think 737's are some of the more uncomfortable aircraft to fly on domestically in the US. It didn't feel like this was a 6+ hour flight, and no, I didn't have a seat open next to me. The flight was completely full. If you were to ask me, I'd say you should definitely look into flying Southwest the next time you plan a trip to Hawaii. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy this beautiful out of paradise!

[@amytaylorw]

Thanks

[@adroit_night]

I have news about my trip skylite! my mom purchased the trip on the southwest website, she has a old computer, and I am going to Austin on the 28 of August and got our conformation code! Can't Wait To Show You My Trip On Southwest!

[@adroit_night]

Have You Ever Done A Face Reveal Skylite?

[@sla31]

I have not done a face reveal. It's not that I don't want people to know who I am, it's just not really what my channel is about. In other words, I'm not the star on this channel, the aviation is.

[@adroit_night]

I have been a fan of you for 4 years Skylite! Do you think I could I get a Subscribe from you Skylite!, I Am Not A Begger For Subscribers, but it would really make my day! I have been watching all you videos ever since 2016.

[@lolotoori1509]

No community there that i love more than aviations. Everyone is so nice with airplane pfps while talking about how beautiful the boeing 747 is is so fun. like yes tell me about what model is the best, and tell me what first class is cheapest/expensive. I can't name a single scandal in aviation youtubers because you guys are so nice

[@AshleyFromTX]

These are my favorite to fall asleep to now

[@kleinadams2960]

i love how your vids make you feel like your in the plane but you need to video you walking to your gate

[@christopherescott6787]

The last time I took a narrow body to HNL was on a UA DC8-70 series from KSEA.

[@DansJets]

Great take-off, that bird has a lot of power. Nice snacks in flight. ,

[@UnknownSpots6]

Yesssss more max content love it!!!

[@MikalMullaly]

Just flew on the Max8 last week from bwi to las. Nice jet.

[@ymmlspottingteam]

Stunning mate! Really enjoy these gate-to-gate videos. Some stunning views from start to finish!

[@michaelvlogs5919]

My best friend (my soulmate, Claire) will fly HNL to PHX just us two on Sunday!

[@Lunadog99]

Awesome video! I’m gonna try to find myself flying past you as I was doing PHX-HNL that same day.

[@sla31]

Happy hunting my friend. I've never had a chance to look through the footage to see if I could spot you.

[@UpandAwayViation]

Stunning view out of Hawaii! Out of curiosity, out of all the places you've flown out of, which ones have the best sceneries in your opinion?

[@sla31]

Anything in Alaska haha. Hawaii is beautiful and offers some stunning views when flying, but nothing has ever beaten Alaska. If you haven't watched any of my Alaska content, and I mean the whole state, not the airline, definitely check that out. Personally, I think my flight from JNU-SIT was the most beautiful, but all of my Alaska flights are top of my list .

[@jboss729]

Alaska and Norway

[@jeremy1350]

Yes, Spectacular views over Waikiki Beach. Kudos or holding that camera for that long a flight !! I'd love to do a Hawaii run sometime.

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend. My arm was a bit sore after this one haha. And, I won't argue with you about a Hawaii run. I'd say there's never a bad time to do that!

[@theasian5496]

welcome to PHX. *said myself back in July.*

[@turbofanlover]

Oh boy...popcorn time! :)

[@jamieyoungquist1373]

kinda looked like a bumpy climb out of HNL

[@BFFAvgeek15]

That’s amazing that the MAX can travel that far! Great flight dude! 😁✈️

[@lightkiid25]

What about the A321neo XLR lol

[@BFFAvgeek15]

@@lightkiid25 Yeah, that too.

[@rylans.5365]

The 737-800 can do it too

[@margaretroselle8610]

Another wonderful flight! Many thanks.

[@sla31]

Glad you enjoyed it! As always, thanks for watching!

[@RIOBTN]

For me flights between the North American West Coast (except Mexico) & Hawaii is like flights between the North American East Coast & the Caribbean....average 5hrs to 6hrs. Love it! 😀

[@chika4275]

Great veiws! Phoenix looks huge, how big is Phoenix? 104! too hot!

[@sarahann4007]

It’s huge. Basically about 4-5 towns/cities in one. Population of 1.6 million, 520 square miles per Wikipedia. I live in Tucson. People are a,ways shocked how many people live in Phoenix and Tucson and how large they are.

[@CorbinBurnesStan]

Pretty nice view of Waikiki and Kalākaua Ave. along with the city of Honolulu

[@JoshuasPHXAviation]

Excellent job as always SP👍👍👏

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend!

[@MultiMagnumforce]

My primitive mind is always fascinated by your flights ✈️ love it thanks.

[@sla31]

Glad you enjoy it my friend! Even if you're primitive haha.

[@amytaylorw]

Interesting video so amazing

[@ktjmitchell7722]

Holy jeez, 8 SWA's on the ground at HNL, that place is pretty much an SWA hub at this point!

[@sla31]

Southwest is taking over HNL haha.

[@sky-tf4bd]

Always good to see people in my home state.

[@BNBW0RLDi0]

The thumbnail hits different DANGG✨✨✨✨😩😩👌

[@sla31]

Hawaii never disappoints when it comes to spectacular views! Thanks for watching!

[@drewmartin6351]

I enjoyed this Flight. I watched the whole Flight

[@dlandis8146]

4:20 - pretty cool as plane flies by Palos Verdes Peninsula.

[@amytaylorw]

Hopefully you we’ll rech 1 Million subscribers

[@Nathan-bf4jp]

That thumbnail looks unreal 🤩

[@sla31]

Very beautiful, isn't it? You've got to love Hawaii! Thanks for watching man!

[@Nathan-bf4jp]

@@sla31 it really is stunning and will provide a great watch 🙌

[@amytaylorw]

@@sla31 it’s amazing 😻

[@amytaylorw]

Great work Everyone have a good day

[@amytaylorw]

Wow!😀 takeoff 🛫. Is amazing 🤩

[@_MOORE_1986]

How do you get all your money to fly around everywhere? Just curious, as you're constantly on the move

[@PInk77W1]

Makes money off KZbin videos probably

[@_MOORE_1986]

@@PInk77W1 I was thinking that at first, but I don't think he's making that much money from KZbin yet. Have to pay for Plane tickets, food and lodging. That's a lot of money! I could see if he had million plus subscribers maybe.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

He works forty hours a week as an airport firefighter. Then, of course, he gets monetized on KZbin and earns money from KZbin patrons, but I will say more than half of his income comes from being the firefighter.

[@PInk77W1]

@@SYDAirlineEnthusiast maybe he gets a lot of vacation paid

[@sla31]

As MegaAirplanelover stated. I work as an airport operations specialist and aircraft rescue firefighter. In addition to paying a decent amount, I also only work 3.5 days per week. I work 12 hour shifts, so I work three 12's and one 6 hour shift. This is also how I have time to take all of these flights. I do make some off the ads that play on the videos, and I have 25 Patreons that also help contribute to keep this channel going.

[@amytaylorw]

Keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍

[@sla31]

Thanks for watching my friend!

[@amytaylorw]

No problem I love ❤️. Your videos there amazing 🤩

[@71tarheelfan]

I LUV Southwest. I love their open seating, free bags....and so much more. I wonder if they'll ever hit the European Market? Maybe LHR?

[@dynasty0019]

If WN have plans to fly to London, I doubt they will go for LHR or even LGW. STN is more likely since it's a huge LCC hub.

[@bullitt1040]

All you vids are awesome. Gonna take your suggestion and catch the ones in AK. I've been piloting (private) for 52 years and didn't realize that the 737 8 MAX had extended range. Before SWA did their HI runs I think their longest was to Puerto Rico. Would like to see one in and out of that island. Any idea what the max range is on a MA 8? Just curious. I'm now too sleepy to check. Keep up the excellent work.

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. The 737-8 Max has a range just over 4,000 miles.

[@avgeek00123]

i see these take off out of hnl every day!

[@sla31]

Then you're pretty lucky my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@avgeek00123]

@@sla31 :D

[@PInk77W1]

Could u imagine when the 737 was first unveiled That someday it would be flying HNL-PHX

[@TB-um1xz]

I honestly believe they don't really care.

[@PInk77W1]

@@TB-um1xz they had no idea what lays ahead 50yrs

[@brandonflores3330]

More like that it would be used between freaking brasilia and orlando

[@amytaylorw]

You could be Famous skylite productions

[@bminato11011]

Im taking that flight next saturday, what is the entertainment on that plane like wifi, free show and movies?

[@sla31]

Southwest allows you to connect to their Wi-Fi for free to stream TV shows and movies that they provide through their library. This does not include free Internet access, which you have to pay extra for. They do not have any screens in the seats, or power outlets.

[@bminato11011]

Thank you!! Good to know first time flying southwest since i live in Hilo n usually fly Hawaiian Airlines.

[@amytaylorw]

I wish I could fly there one day

[@ligulem09]

I like your videos! One question: How do you attach your Iphone to make it so stable?

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend. I hold the camera by hand. Even on long flights like this. There's no better way to avoid vibrations and distortions in the footage.

[@olyptix]

The 737 max is awesome

[@PInk77W1]

Is this the longest MAX flight in USA ? Thx

[@dynasty0019]

No, The longest is Houston to Anchorage.

[@PInk77W1]

@@dynasty0019 thx much

[@captainethan8932]

Wow that was a fast landing! That must’ve been going over 150kts!

[@cloudisunset]

I’m guessing it was hot so high density alt and full boat required no idle at landing

[@honolulu.spotter]

@@cloudisunset what?

[@thatvierkid]

I’m assuming HNL is a new hub for SWA 😂

[@amytaylorw]

17 of August tomorrow for NZ🇳🇿

[@wucloud]

I thought Oakland is the main base of Southwest

[@sla31]

Oakland is one of Southwest's larger cities, but so is Phoenix. Dallas, Chicago, Baltimore, Kansas City, etc. Southwest has a pretty large presence at a lot of cities now.

[@amytaylorw]

5h that’s awesome 😎 but it’s very long why is it a long time like 5h?????

[@jamesmarshall2800]

So did southwest just get these gates? Or only some flights come out of this terminal?

[@sla31]

Southwest's setup at HNL seems to change every time I'm there. I think it has more to do with Covid. Because Hawaii has been so strict the funnel flights from the mainland into certain areas. This leaves other areas for the inter-island flights. It's strange, and like I said, seems to change every time I'm there.

[@Pkmn_mlp_sonic_fnaf_fan]

I sat at that seat before

[@MikeTheGlobeTrotter]

Just a question. Flight on 26th July 2021 and they served items that's used by 12 July 2021?

[@sla31]

I believe 12 is the month, so December 7. Remember, the US, unlike most of the rest of the world, lists dates as MM/DD/YYYY instead of DD/MM/YYYY. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@MikeTheGlobeTrotter]

@@sla31 thanks for clarification. That would be a big issue if they served expired stuffs.

[@NovejSpeed3]

Wait but all the 737 Max flights you've taken, how are you still alive???? The arm chair "experts" said it was a "death trap" and that "they'd never fly again!" Just like the DC10. Thank you for bringing us such unique flights! I remember when America West operated a 747 on this route. Now they're gone and Southwest is using a 737 on this route. How the world has changed.

[@sla31]

Thanks for watching my friend. I really appreciate it. As you can probably tell, I definitely don't have any reservations about boarding 737 Max aircraft. And if others don't want to fly on them, that's fine. More seats for me haha!

[@turbofanlover]

I suspect that a lot of those "experts" were just hardcore Airbus fans. ;)

[@howzat306]

The max has a decent range

[@amytaylorw]

How was your sleep skylite productions

[@sla31]

Well, I don't remember now haha. It was probably decent.

[@blackrabbit2031]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JustJohn505]

damn i thought it took 8 hours to cross the pacific from hawaii to america not 4!

[@sla31]

Well, of course, it depends on where you're flying too. The US is a big country. From Hawaii to the west coast is around 5 hours. To PHX or LAS around 6. DFW, DEN, ORD 7, and then 8-9 to the east coast.

[@RIOBTN]

MCO, ATL, DTW, CLT, IAD, JFK, EWR & BOS is 8hrs & more since they're on the US East coast and SP pretty much explained everything else pertaining the lenght from USA to Hawaii. 👍🏿

[@lennyortiz4965]

Skylite Production. How did you record this without any turbulence?

[@sla31]

Are you asking how the flight was so smooth as in air turbulence? Or how was I able to hold the camera so steady?

[@lennyortiz4965]

Both.

[@sla31]

@@lennyortiz4965 Well, there's nothing you can do about the weather. So, I don't to anything to get smooth flights. It is what it is whenever flight time comes. As for keeping the camera steady. The better your equipment, the better your footage will be. I use iPhone 12 Pros, and they have amazing camera and camera tech. They have built in, real time, image stabilizing, to help get the smoothest shot possible. Cheap cameras aren't going to have this type of technology, and will be much more unstable. It seems simple, but a $300 camera isn't going to perform the same as a $1,500 camera. The $1,500 camera is that expensive for good reason. On top of that, I've had a lot of practice over the years. And I've gotten pretty good at holding the camera steady for long periods of time.

[@Ryan-719]

Man I love southwest but Ifk if I could do 6 hours on one of those

[@jjsifo1]

Good !

[@lennard4454]

Niice ❤️ But please consider adding timestamps

[@sla31]

Um…. Well thanks, but I do list timestamps. Way more than any other aviation channel. So l, I’m a bit confused haha.

[@lennard4454]

@@sla31 ohh really 👍 Sry just saw u're channel with this video the first time

[@notveshremybutsomeotherguy]

This guy or girl is like seeing the world rn

[@sla31]

Guy, and with Covid, really just the US haha.

[@MostafaMansoori]

Southwest will retire it's old Boeing 737-700NG aircraft at a rate of about 31-34 aircraft per year as they receive new Boeing 737 MAX airplanes from Boeing. Their orders will be completed by the year 2031-2032.

[@lightkiid25]

You’re always departing from HNL, right? 😂

[@clips2007]

I would neeeeeeeeeeeever want to be on a SWA flight for that long. Just me. Keep it 3hrs or under.

[@israelaguiar5188]

WOW four hours holding you breath and asking GOD that the plane don't fail, because you are flying over the ocean!

[@DrakeDHDerr]

Far safer than sleeping ion your bed at night lil bro. Planes are so safe

[@yenlard6683]

Pretty steep bank after takeoff 😳

[@RIOBTN]

Typical Honolulu departure to avoid the mountains ⛰

[@idk.i.wanna.9715]

That one guy who tripped back before pushback

[@sla31]

I didn't even notice that until now haha. 6:05 for anyone else wondering.

[@idk.i.wanna.9715]

@@sla31 I literally sleep to your videos!!!! I love your content and you😌🤍

[@azizzen4217]

شكرا لك على جهودك . الافضل عند التصوير ايجاد مكان واسع للتصوير عبر النافذة , اللقطات الحالية مناسبه لاباس بها لكن جناح الطائرة يعيق مجال الرؤيا

[@moongo156]

Wow, you must like 737s, huh? 😂

[@sla31]

Not particularly haha. But, I'll do almost anything for the channel. Personally, I think the way that most US domestic carriers have their 737's configured, makes them extremely uncomfortable for passengers. That said, I think Southwest has the most comfortable 737's in that same category. This was not a bad flight for being over 6 hours.

[@millennialaviation]

When you landed in Phoenix did it feel like someone stuck a knife in your ear? Lol and fun fact, I had just left Phoenix about two days on the road before this and I flew in about a week before😂

[@sla31]

Just missed each other! Maybe next time!

[@tyrekknowles8249]

You must be rich taking these many flights, if not what do you do to be flying so much

[@sla31]

I am not rich. This channel just means a lot to me, and I want to make sure I can continue to upload content. So, a big part of my income goes back into this channel.

[@Tindecasterodeordenezafransisc]

IT is to short for sleeping

[@sla31]

Then try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppbVhaJ7pNB-iJI

[@Tindecasterodeordenezafransisc]

@@sla31 can you make a full full 12 hour flight?

[@pitouexowind8001]

👍👍👍👍

[@arko.tv1]

🎉🎉❤

[@SarahAdams-f7s]

Wednesday

[@sla31]

You are correct... It is Wednesday haha.

[@erikc1775]

Love your videos, hate the MAX. Even if it is safe (and that is a big IF), it is still a stupid plane and an example of what happens when you try to take a 1960s design and make it fit in to the world 50 years later... Don't get me wrong, assuming it does work as it should it is a good aircraft, but we could have gotten something so much better if Boeing did not take the low cost approach to just about everything.

[@richardlewis7471]

I’m curious as an aircraft mechanic what’s a “60s design”?

[@chetpomeroy1399]

Indeed, there have been many, many incarnations of the Boeing 737 over several decades, this being the most recent one.

[@erikc1775]

@@richardlewis7471 Without going in to too much detail, it is in this case a design that was optimized for a different environment but has been made to fit in to a different one. There is not a definitive design of the 1960s, rather it is more of a design philosophy. The problem is that they could have made a better aircraft if they designed it directly for todays operating environment without having to deal with the history of the airframe.

[@PInk77W1]

@@erikc1775 and they would have to charge twice as much. You think they didn’t think of that ?

[@erikc1775]

@@PInk77W1 Of course they thought about price, however the price of an aircraft is a pretty small sum (especially after all internal dealings between the airlines and manufacturers are done) when it comes to the total cost of the plane over time. Thus a more expensive aircraft doesn't mean airlines will automatically turn away from it. They could have made a clean sheet design, free from all the flaws that now hinders the 737 that would have been a better design. But instead they tried to squeeze every last penny out of the 737.