Honiara International Airport

ICAO AGGH9.4280°S 160.0550°E9 m / 28 ftLarge airport

Honiara International Airport (IATA: HIR, ICAO: AGGH) is a large airport in Honiara, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942

1942

OpenedHoniara International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24068° / 248° · LIT

LENGTH2,200 m7,218 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 3 countries

Year-round3

VLIBauerfield International AirportVanuatu · Air Niugini1,282 km797 mi POMPort Moresby Jacksons International AirportPapua New Guinea · Solomon Airlines, Air Niugini1,408 km875 mi BNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink2,125 km1,320 mi

Most destinationsAir Niugini 2Solomon Airlines 1QantasLink 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HIR. From the Wikipedia article “Honiara International Airport” (revision of 9 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Longest runway2,200 m7,218 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,269of 29,823 · =75 Oceania · #1 SB Elevation9 m28 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,639of 43,341 · =1,934 Oceania · #17 SB AgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =47 Oceania · #1 SB Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =1 SB

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels

AFISINFO118.100

INFOINFO342.500