HNL Airport

Honolulu International Airport (HNL)

About HNL Airport
Passengers arriving into Honolulu’s International Airport will be greeted with the warmth and hospitality that the island is famous for, in addition to the beautiful waters and pristine mountains in the background. Those departing will be sent off in the same manner they came in with, a sincere ‘aloha’. HNL is one of the busiest airports in the nation, serving over 21 million travelers each year.

Location
Honolulu International is three miles north of Oahu’s business district and conveniently accessed by Interstate H-1. Downtown Honolulu is a short six miles from the airport and Waikiki is only ten. There are a variety of ways to reach the airport or your destination in Hawaii

History
John Rodgers Airport was the original name for HNL after opening in 1927. The name was a dedication to the World War I naval officer, John Rodgers. The name was changed in 1947 to Honolulu Airport, with ‘International’ as an addition in 1951. The airport served as a stop for many of the transpacific flights to and from North America and by 1950 was the third busies airport in the nation. Honolulu International’s Reef Runway was completed in 1977 and became the first major runway in the world that was built entirely offshore and on an underwater reef.

Long-range aircrafts became more abundant, and less transpacific flights needed to stop in Hawaii. Because of this, HNL has seen a remarkable decrease in international passenger traffic, predominantly those of Australia, South Pacific and Asia. On the contrary, there has been a major increase in the domestic market as more major airlines have added recurrent flights and non-stop service to more markets such as Phoenix, Denver and Atlanta.

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Services
HNL provides service to its passengers through 27 international and domestic carriers, four commuter airlines and three inter-island airlines. There are four paved runways in addition to two offshore runways that are used by seaplanes. The largest airline at HNL is Hawaiian Airlines, which has over 13 thousand seats available each day and represents close to half of the airport’s market share. United and Japan Airlines come in second and third.

Honolulu International has a busy terminal complex and has its own medical services, insurance companies, post office and jail. Numerous restaurants, retail stores, ATMs and currency exchange are also featured amenities for passengers at HNL.


 

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