Hele-On Bus Schedule for Routes Stopping at UH Hilo
Bus service is free in Hawaiʻi County until 2025. Additional fees may apply for items.
Visit the Hele-On Bus website for the most accurate information on the following:
Getting to Campus by Public Transportation
It is possible to get to the UH Hilo campus via public busses from both airports, if you plan your arrival times accordingly. Route 2: the Blue Line has three daily departures from the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport (KOA), at 1:50, 5:20, and 8:20pm. This bus takes about 2 hours and 45 minutes to reach Downtown Hilo, with via the saddle road, between Maunakea and Maunaloa. The Hilo airport is served by Route 101: Keaukaha, which leaves the airport weekdays and saturdays every hour, on the half-hour, from 6:30am - 7:30pm. It travels to Downtown Hilo on a route that passes by many of Hilo's beach parks. It takes about 45 minutes for the journey downtown, with a brief stop at Richarsdson's Beach Park. On a Sunday or Holiday, the route travels continues directly to the UH Hilo campus. Other days, the best routes for getting from Downtown Hilo to the UH Hilo Campus are listed below.
- Route 10: Hilo to Ocean View
- leaves downtown 3:30pm; arrives UH Hilo Campus 3:40pm
- Route 11: Hilo to Volcanoes National Park
- leaves downtown 7:40am; 10:40am; 1:40pm; 4:40pm; arrives UH Hilo campus 10m thereafter
- Route 103: Waiakea-Uka
- leaves downtown every hour, on the quarter-hour, from 7:15am - 6:15pm; arrives UH Hilo campus 15m thereafter
Information current as of November, 2024
Where are the Campus Bus Stops?
The campus bus stop is located in front of the Old Gym on Kapiʻolani Street and by the Campus Bookstore. The bus stop by the Campus Bookstore is not in use presently.
For more information, please contact the Hawaiʻi County Mass Transit Office at (808) 961-8744.
