Mokulēia · North Shore O‘ahu
No engine. No loud noise. Just the gentle whisper of the wind and the breathtaking mountain vista meeting our beautiful turquoise coastline. Experience pure flight as our tropical soaring birds do.
Fly · Mokulēia · O‘ahu
One wing, no engine, and the whole emerald spine of the Wai‘anae range beneath you. A flight composed entirely of rising air, the oldest, quietest way to fly.
The Experience
A tow plane lifts you to altitude, then releases the line. The propeller noise falls away and you are flying on nothing but moving air, circling the thermals and ridge lift that have kept sailplanes aloft over these mountains for generations.
No throttle, no vibration. Just you, your pilot, and the long green ridgeline sliding past the canopy as the coast opens turquoise below.
Two Ways to Soar
Both flights launch from Mokulēia with a window seat that runs canopy to coast. Pick your time aloft.
20 minutes aloft
Lele means simply “to fly.” A silent glide along the Mokulēia coast and over the Wai‘anae foothills, the classic first taste of engineless flight.
30 minutes aloft
Huaka‘i means “voyage.” More air, more altitude, more island, riding the ridge lift deeper into the Wai‘anae range for the full soaring experience.
Online booking via Stripe coming soon. Inquire to reserve your seat
“When the towline let go, the noise just stopped. No engine, no propeller, only the wind over the canopy and the whole island below. The quietest twenty minutes of my life.”A first-time passenger · Mokulēia
The View From Up There
Beyond the Ride
Hawaii Glider Rides is about the ride: the view, the silence, the story you'll tell for years. If the flying bug bites, our friends at the Soar Hawaii Foundation, a nonprofit soaring flight school at Dillingham Airfield, will teach you the real thing, from your first lesson to solo.
Your seat is waiting
Tell us when you'd like to fly and we'll hold a seat. Flights run daily from Mokulēia, weather permitting.
