Honolulu Marathon course from above: one hill, climbed twice (3D flyover)

The whole Honolulu Marathon course in four minutes, flown over real 3D imagery from about 3 km up, with drops to 500-700 m where the course makes its case: down Kalakaua Avenue through Waikiki, up Diamond Head Road, round the Hawaii Kai loop, and back over Diamond Head again. It opens on the city itself, Diamond Head from the sea, Waikiki Beach and the Duke Kahanamoku statue, Iolani Palace and Kapiolani Park, and pulls back from the start line to the whole course. Honolulu has one hill, and the course climbs it twice. Diamond Head Road rises 31 m in 1 km from the lighthouse at 12.5 km to a first summit at 13 km, with the high point at 14.8 km, and the course comes back to the same summit at 39.6 km from the other side. Between them there is almost nothing: the first 10 km climb 3.8 m in total, and the 15 km from 18.8 km to 34.1 km never rise above 5 m, run along Kalanianaole Highway with the sea close by (43% of the course is within 200 m of the shore). At the far end the course is a loop, 3.4 km round Hawaii Kai, not a turn, and 44% of the race is run twice. The finish in Kapiolani Park is 3.7 km from the start on Ala Moana Boulevard, and 0.9 m higher. There is no cut-off time. The race starts at 5:00 am, in the dark, under fireworks. This film is lit at 8:00 am so that you can see the course: the sun in the picture is not the sun the runners start under. This film flies the 2026 route. Race day is Sunday 13 December 2026. Chapters 0:00 Honolulu from the air 0:31 The whole course 0:36 Downtown and Iolani Palace 1:06 Waikiki and Kapiolani Park 1:30 Diamond Head 2:00 Kalanianaole Highway 2:21 Hawaii Kai 2:46 Back along the highway 3:10 Diamond Head again 3:44 The finish The course, its elevation profile and planning your trip to race weekend: https://www.marathontrip.com/races/ho... Course: the Honolulu Marathon route, walked from the organiser's published course description onto OpenStreetMap streets. This is an independent film: it is not affiliated with, made, approved or endorsed by the race or its organiser. Imagery: Google Earth. Imagery providers: Data SOEST/UHM, Data LDEO-Columbia, NSF, NOAA, Data USGS, Airbus, Data SIO, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Maxar Technologies, Data MBARI, Landsat / Copernicus. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). Weather: Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Photographs in the landmark cards, via Wikimedia Commons: Over the Ala Wai Canal: "Ala Wai Canal Honolulu.jpg" by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, public domain (cropped) Aloha Tower: "Aloha Tower Honolulu. (10754440616).jpg" by Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0 (cropped) Diamond Head: "A view of Diamond Head at sunrise (5046134965).jpg" by Daniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA, CC BY 2.0 (cropped) The Diamond Head Lighthouse: "Diamond Head Lighthouse - Oct 2015.jpg" by Nesnad, CC BY 3.0 (cropped) Waikiki and the Duke Kahanamoku statue: "Kalakaua Avenue (15625051226).jpg" by Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) view from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY 2.0 (cropped) The finish in Kapiolani Park: "Royal Hawaiian Band performance at the bandstand in Kapiolani Park. (26356009045).jpg" by Daniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA, CC BY 2.0 (cropped) Hawaii Kai: "Anapalau Street.JPG" by ErgoSum88, public domain (cropped) Iolani Palace: "Hawaii Royal Guard, 2006 (447153746).jpg" by The U.S. Army, public domain (cropped) Kapiolani Park: "Kapiolani beach park.jpg" by Janine from Mililani, Hawaii, United States, CC BY 2.0 (cropped) The start, Ala Moana Boulevard: "Ala Moana Park Day (16222585762).jpg" by Edmund Garman from Salem, Oregon, USA, CC BY 2.0 (cropped) Licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... , https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music: "Hula Breeze" by SounovaMusic, Pixabay. Narration voice: ElevenLabs.