Honolulu International Airport

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Honolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawai'i and identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States. It is the second busiest port in Hawai'i following Honolulu Harbor.

Opened in March 1927 as John Rodgers Airport, Honolulu International Airport is the principal hub of Hawaiian Airlines and Aloha Airlines, the two largest Hawaii-based airlines. Both airlines offer flights between the various airports of the Hawaiian Islands and also serve the continental United States. Honolulu International Airport is host to major United States and international flagship commercial carriers with direct routes to American, Asian, and Pacific Rim destinations.

Authority

Honolulu International Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawai'i. The official authority of Honolulu International Airport is the Governor of Hawai'i. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawai'i State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawai'i Airports Administrator.

The Hawai'i Airports Administrator oversees six governing bodies: Airports Operations Office, Airports Planning Office, Engineering Branch, Information Technology Office, Staff Services Office, Visitor Information Program Office. Collectively, the six bodies have authority over the four airport districts in Hawai'i: Hawai'i District, Kaua'i District, Mau'i District and the principal O'ahu District. Honolulu International Airport is a subordinate of the O'ahu District officials.

Facilities

Runways

Honolulu International Airport has four major runways. The principal runway designated 8R/26L, also known as the Reef Runway, is the world's first major runway constructed entirely offshore. Completed in 1977, the Reef Runway is a designated alternate landing site for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration space shuttle program in association with Hickam Air Force Base, which shares Honolulu International Airport's airfield operations.

In addition to the four paved runways, Honolulu International Airport has two designated offshore runways designated 8W/26W and 4W/22W for use by seaplanes.

Terminal buildings

Honolulu International Airport has three terminal buildings.

• The Interisland Terminal mainly serves the interisland flights of Hawaiian Airlines and Aloha Airlines. It is designed to handle flights of jet aircraft between the major commercial airports in the Hawaiian Islands, and is also used by Aloha for flights to the west coast of the United States.
• The Main Overseas Terminal serves flights to and from the United States mainland and international destinations.
• The Commuter Terminal serves smaller airlines which operate flights between the smaller airports in the island chain.

A fleet of Chance RT-52 buses provide interterminal transportation between the ticket counters of all three terminals and between the concourses in the Interisland and Main terminals. The buses, known as "Wiki Wiki" buses (from the Hawaiian word for "fast"), are the namesake for the WikiWikiWeb, and by extension, Wikipedia.

Other

The entire terminal complex features twenty-four hour medical services, restaurants, shopping centers and a business center with conference rooms for private use. Passengers have the option of using various short-term and long-term parking structures on the grounds of Honolulu International Airport.

Main roads leading to the Honolulu International Airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of Interstate H-1.

Future plans

On March 24, 2006, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle unveiled a $2.3 billion modernization program for Honolulu International Airport over a 12-year period. The plan involves implementing short-term projects within the first five years to improve passenger service and increase security and operational efficiencies. These include upgrades to the passenger terminals, ticket counters, baggage screening operations, runways and airport aprons, airport infrastructure such as air conditioning, restroom facilities, elevators, escalators, electrical systems, drains and sprinkler systems.

In addition, the plan incorporates improvements to comply with federal regulations on storm water systems, runway safety, perimeter security and crash fire safety. Long-term improvement projects include increasing the airports’ capacity and enhancing convenience and efficiency. These projects include constructing additional gates, ramp space and passenger loading bridges, increasing holding room capacity, and expanding public parking facilities.

Airlines

(Non-Stop Destinations)

Main Terminal

• Air Canada (Sydney, Vancouver)
• Air New Zealand (Auckland)
• Air Pacific (Nadi, Vancouver, Christmas Island)
• All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
• American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
• ATA Airlines (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario (CA), Phoenix)
• China Airlines (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek, Tokyo-Narita)
• Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark)
• * Continental Airlines operated by Continental Micronesia (Chuuk, Guam, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Majuro, Nagoya)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco)
• EVA Air (Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek)
• Harmony Airways (Vancouver)
• Hawaiian AirlinesMainland and international gates for Hawaiian Airlines are located in the Main Overseas terminal, but ticket counters for all Hawaiian flights are located in the Interisland terminal. (Anchorage, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Pago Pago, Papeete, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney)
• Japan Airlines (Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
• JALWays (Nagoya, Tokyo-Narita)
• Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
• Northwest Airlines (Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Osaka-Kansai, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Tokyo-Narita)
• Omni Air International (Las Vegas)
• Philippine Airlines (Manila)
• Qantas (Sydney)
• * Jetstar Airways (Sydney, Melbourne [begins in 2007])
• United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, Osaka-Kansai, San Diego [ends Aug. 19], San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Tokyo-Narita)
• US Airways
• * US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Phoenix)
• WestJet (Vancouver)

Interisland Terminal

• Aloha Airlines (Hilo, Kahului, Lihue, Kona, Oakland, San Diego, Santa Ana)
• Hawaiian Airlines (Hilo, Kahului, Lihue, Kona)

Commuter Terminal

• Mesa Airlines
• * go! operated by Mesa Airlines (Hilo, Kahului, Kona, Lihue)
• Island Air (Hilo, Kapalua, Kahului, Kona, Lanai City, Lihue, Molokai)
• Mokulele Airlines (Kahului, Kapalua, Kona, Lanai City, Lihue)
• Pacific Wings (Hana, Kahului, Kalaupapa, Kamuela)

Disasters

There have been three major air traffic incidents that caused air traffic controllers and federal emergency officials at Honolulu International Airport to be placed on emergency alert. Three were disasters that resulted in fatalities, and one involved a global terrorist plot that some arguably consider a precursor to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

Aloha Airlines, 1988

On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 interisland from Hilo to Honolulu International Airport carrying 89 passengers and 6 crew members experienced rapid decompression when an 18 feet (5 m) section of the fuselage roof and sides were torn from the airplane. One flight attendant, Clarabell Lansing, was blown out of the airplane and died. Several passengers sustained life-threatening injuries including instances of massive head wounds. The aircraft declared an emergency and landed at Kahului Airport in Maui with slight difficulty. Noise created by the rush of air rendered vocal communication useless, and air traffic controllers had to use hand signals during landing.

Investigations of the disaster, headquartered at Honolulu International Airport, concluded that the accident was caused by metal fatigue. The disaster caused almost all major United States air carriers to retire their oldest airplane models.

United Airlines, 1989

On February 24, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811, a Boeing 747 carrying 3 flight crew, 15 cabin crew and 337 passengers from Los Angeles, California to Sydney, Australia, stopping in Auckland, New Zealand and Honolulu suffered explosive decompression when a cargo door separated from the aircraft after takeoff from the Reef Runway. Nine passengers were swept from the aircraft and lost at sea. The plane returned to Honolulu.

Operation Bojinka, 1995

In 1995, United States and Philippines intelligence authorities discovered an al-Qaeda terrorism plot called Operation Bojinka after a fire on an American carrier at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila. Related to an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, the first phase of Operation Bojinka included the planned explosion of several American carriers over the Pacific Ocean upon takeoff from or en route to Honolulu International Airport on January 21 of that year.

Notes

Resources

• [Hawai'i State Department of Transportation]

External links

• [Honolulu International Airport]
• [Hickam Air Force Base]
• [World Aero Data on this airport (PHNL)]
• Resources for this airport:
• * AirNav [airport information for PHNL]
• * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
• * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
• * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for HNL]
• [Maps and aerial photos]
• * WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
• * Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
• * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
• * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
• * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]

Airports of Hawaii
	Hawaii: Hilo International Airport | Kona International Airport | Upolu Airport | Waimea-Kohala Airport
	Oahu: Honolulu International Airport | Dillingham Airfield | Kalaeloa Airport
	Kauai: Lihu'e Airport | Port Allen Airport | Princeville Airport
	Maui: Hana Airport | Kahului Airport | Kapalua Airport
	Smaller islands: Kalaupapa Airport | Lanai Airport | Molokai Airport
	Military: Hickam Air Force Base | Wheeler Army Airfield

 

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