Airport serving Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
Kahua Mokulele Kauʻāina o Daniel K. Inouye
Airport type Public / military Owner/Operator Hawaii Department of Transportation / United States Navy Serves Oahu Location Honolulu , Hawaii , United StatesOpened March 21, 1927; 98 years ago (1927-03-21 ) Hub forElevation AMSL 13 ft / 4 m Coordinates 21°19′07″N 157°55′21″W / 21.31861°N 157.92250°W / 21.31861; -157.92250 Website www.hawaii.gov/hnl FAA airport diagram
Direction
Length
Surface
ft
m
04L/22R
6,955
2,120
Asphalt
04R/22L
9,002
2,744
Asphalt
04W/22W
3,000
914
Water
08L/26R
12,360
3,767
Asphalt
08R/26L
12,000
3,658
Asphalt
08W/26W
5,090
1,551
Water
Aircraft operations 307,080 Total passengers 21,873,751 Total cargo (US tons) 664,069
Sources: Hawaii Dept. of Transportation-Airports Division
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Daniel K. Inouye International Airport [ 3] (IATA : HNL , ICAO : PHNL , FAA LID : HNL ), also known as Honolulu International Airport , is the primary airport serving the U.S. state of Hawaii .[ 4] The airport is named after Honolulu native and Medal of Honor recipient Daniel Inouye , who represented Hawaii in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012. The airport is in the Honolulu census-designated place 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Honolulu's central business district .[ 2] [ 5] The airport covers 4,220 acres (1,710 ha), more than 1% of Oahu 's land.[ 2] [ 6]
Daniel K. Inouye Airport offers nonstop flights to many places in North America, Asia, and Oceania . The airport serves as the main hub of Hawaiian Airlines [ 7] and is also a base for Aloha Air Cargo . The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a large-hub primary commercial service facility.[ 8]
^ "Hawaii Dept. of Transportation-Airports Division-Airport Data" . hidot.hawaii.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2025 .
^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for HNL PDF , effective June 12, 2025.
^ "Honolulu airport renamed after late Sen. Daniel Inouye" . KHON. April 29, 2017. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017 .
^ "The State of Hawaii Airport Activity Statistics By Year 2007-1994" Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , Department of Transportation, Airports Division, State of Hawaii
^ "Honolulu CDP, HI Archived February 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine ." U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved on May 21, 2009.
^ "HNL airport data at skyvector.com" . skyvector.com . FAA data effective June 12, 2025.
^ Radka, Ricky (December 23, 2021). "Airline Hub Guide: Which U.S. Cities Are Major Hubs and Why it Matters" . airfarewatchdog.com . Retrieved February 28, 2022 .
^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF) . Federal Aviation Administration. October 21, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2016 .