# Honiara International Airport (HIR / AGGH)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/aggh

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HIR / AGGH
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Honiara, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 9 m / 28 ft
- Coordinates: -9.4280, 160.0550
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11 · Pacific/Guadalcanal
- Website: http://www.tagsa.aero/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honiara_International_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q859876
- Weather station: AGGH · WMO 91520
- Ident: AGGH

## Timeline

- 1942: Honiara International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 068° / 248° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [VLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nvvv.md) Bauerfield International Airport · Vanuatu · 1,282 km / 797 mi · Air Niugini
- [POM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aypy.md) Port Moresby Jacksons International Airport · Papua New Guinea · 1,408 km / 875 mi · Solomon Airlines, Air Niugini
- [BNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybbn.md) Brisbane International Airport · Australia · 2,125 km / 1,320 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HIR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- IE [Solomon Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/solomon-airlines) · 1

### Passenger (2)

- PX [Air Niugini](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-niugini) · 2
- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =75 in Oceania | #1 in SB |
| Elevation | 9 m / 28 ft | =40,699 of 43,403 | =1,950 in Oceania | #17 in SB |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =47 in Oceania | #1 in SB |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in SB |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.100 |
| INFO | INFO | 342.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [MBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aggi.md) Babanakira Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [AVU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aggj.md) Avu Avu Airport · 63 km / 39 mi
- [RUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aggu.md) Marau Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [XYA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/aggy.md) Yandina Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [AFT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/agaf.md) Afutara Aerodrome · 102 km / 63 mi
- [AKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/agga.md) Gwaunaru'u Airport · 106 km / 66 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Honiara International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honiara_International_Airport&oldid=1363302340), revision of 9 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/aggh/data