LIH

Lihue Airport

ICAO PHLI21.9744°N 159.3371°W152 ft / 47 mLarge airport
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Lihue Airport (IATA: LIH, ICAO: PHLI) is a large airport in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, United States. It opened in 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,500 ft (1,981 m). It is operated by United States Department of Transportation. In 2025 it handled 3.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1949–1949
1949
OpenedLihue Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 3 helipads · FAA diagram PDF
Blue Hawaiian HelicoptersIsland Helicopters Kauai
03/21045° / 225° · LIT · SLOPE 1.1%
LENGTH6,500 ft1,981 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
17/35180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH6,500 ft1,981 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
2.7M
2.7M
2.9M
3.1M
3.3M
3.3M
957K
2.1M
3.5M
3.6M
3.6M
3.6M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

14 destinations · 1 country
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 miHNL · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · 101 mi / 163 kmOGG · Kahului International Airport · 201 mi / 324 kmKOA · Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole · 263 mi / 423 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 2,444 mi / 3,934 kmOAK · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · 2,454 mi / 3,950 kmSJC · Mineta San Jose International Airport · 2,463 mi / 3,964 kmSMF · Sacramento International Airport · 2,506 mi / 4,033 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 2,612 mi / 4,203 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 2,630 mi / 4,232 kmSAN · San Diego International Airport · 2,672 mi / 4,300 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 2,700 mi / 4,345 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 2,814 mi / 4,529 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 2,975 mi / 4,788 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 3,409 mi / 5,487 kmDENPHXSEALAXSMFKOALASPDXSJCHNLSANOGGLIH
Year-round14
HNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines163 km101 miOGGKahului International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines324 km201 miKOAEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at KeāholeUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines423 km263 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,934 km2,444 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines3,950 km2,454 miSJCMineta San Jose International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,964 km2,463 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines4,033 km2,506 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines +14,203 km2,612 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines4,232 km2,630 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines4,300 km2,672 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines4,345 km2,700 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines4,529 km2,814 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines4,788 km2,975 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines5,487 km3,409 mi
Most destinationsHawaiian Airlines 7Southwest Airlines 5Alaska Airlines 4United Airlines 3Delta Air Lines 2American Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LIH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Līhuʻe Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#413of 3,974 · #14 Oceania · #78 USLongest runway6,500 ft1,981 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,090of 29,823 · #136 Oceania · =784 USElevation152 ft47 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,150of 43,341 · #1,396 Oceania · =13,438 USAgeOpened 19492026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,461of 15,079 · =80 Oceania · =2,277 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =62 Oceania · =391 US
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

6 channels
ATISATIS127.200
CNTRHONOLULU CNTR126.500
CTAFCTAF118.900
GNDGND121.900
RCOHONOLULU122.600
TWRTWR118.900