HNL

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

ICAO PHNL21.3184°N 157.9257°W14 ft / 4 mLarge airport
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Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL) is a large airport in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States. It opened in 1927. It has 6 runways; the longest is 12,360 ft (3,767 m). It is operated by Hawaii Department of Transportation. In 2025 it handled 21.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1927–1927
1927
OpenedDaniel K. Inouye International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal 3
08L/26R089° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH12,360 ft3,767 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
08R/26L090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH12,000 ft3,658 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
04R/22L053° / 233° · LIT
LENGTH9,002 ft2,744 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
04L/22R053° / 233° · LIT
LENGTH6,955 ft2,120 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
08W/26W091° / 271°
LENGTH5,090 ft1,551 mWIDTH300 ft91 mSURFACEWater
04W/22W051° / 231°
LENGTH3,000 ft914 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEWater

Passengers per year

2014–2025
20.0M
19.2M
19.5M
20.2M
19.8M
20.6M
6.3M
11.7M
17.9M
20.6M
21.0M
21.1M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

34 destinations · 9 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miOGG · Kahului International Airport · 101 mi / 162 kmLIH · Lihue Airport · 101 mi / 163 kmKOA · Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole · 163 mi / 263 kmITO · Hilo International Airport · 217 mi / 349 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 2,397 mi / 3,857 kmOAK · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · 2,407 mi / 3,873 kmSJC · Mineta San Jose International Airport · 2,415 mi / 3,886 kmSMF · Sacramento International Airport · 2,461 mi / 3,960 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 2,553 mi / 4,108 kmLGB · Long Beach International Airport · 2,566 mi / 4,130 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 2,602 mi / 4,188 kmSAN · San Diego International Airport · 2,610 mi / 4,201 kmPPG · Pago Pago International Airport · 2,611 mi / 4,202 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 2,677 mi / 4,308 kmYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 2,705 mi / 4,354 kmPPT · Fa'a'ā International Airport · 2,744 mi / 4,416 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 2,760 mi / 4,441 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 2,914 mi / 4,689 kmRAR · Rarotonga International Airport · 2,941 mi / 4,733 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 2,991 mi / 4,813 kmYYC · Calgary International Airport · 3,125 mi / 5,030 kmHND · Tokyo Haneda International Airport · 3,847 mi / 6,191 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 3,967 mi / 6,384 kmKIX · Kansai International Airport · 4,110 mi / 6,614 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 4,468 mi / 7,191 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 4,495 mi / 7,234 kmICN · Incheon International Airport · 4,569 mi / 7,353 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 4,975 mi / 8,007 kmSYD · Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · 5,077 mi / 8,170 kmMNL · Ninoy Aquino International Airport · 5,294 mi / 8,520 kmYEG · Edmonton International Airport · 3,206 mi / 5,160 kmYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 4,642 mi / 7,471 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 5,087 mi / 8,186 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 4,376 mi / 7,043 kmMNLBOSSYDYYZICNATLSDFKIXMSPYEGSLCRARPHXPPTYVRPPGSMFITOJFKDTWHNDYYCLASSANPDXSEASJCLIHOGGLGBKOAHNL
Year-round30
OGGKahului International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines162 km101 miLIHLihue AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines163 km101 miKOAEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at KeāholeUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines263 km163 miITOHilo International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines349 km217 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,857 km2,397 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,873 km2,407 miSJCMineta San Jose International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,886 km2,415 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,960 km2,461 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines4,108 km2,553 miLGBLong Beach International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines4,130 km2,566 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines4,188 km2,602 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines4,201 km2,610 miPPGPago Pago International AirportAmerican Samoa · Hawaiian Airlines4,202 km2,611 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines4,308 km2,677 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada4,354 km2,705 miPPTFa'a'ā International AirportFrench Polynesia · Hawaiian Airlines4,416 km2,744 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines4,441 km2,760 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines4,689 km2,914 miRARRarotonga International AirportCook Islands · Hawaiian Airlines4,733 km2,941 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines4,813 km2,991 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet5,030 km3,125 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines6,191 km3,847 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines6,384 km3,967 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Hawaiian Airlines6,614 km4,110 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,191 km4,468 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,234 km4,495 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Air Premia, Korean Air7,353 km4,569 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines8,007 km4,975 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Hawaiian Airlines8,170 km5,077 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines8,520 km5,294 mi
Most destinationsHawaiian Airlines 22Delta Air Lines 9WestJet 3Air Canada 2Air Premia 1Korean Air 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers21.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#113of 3,974 · #4 Oceania · #30 USLongest runway12,360 ft3,767 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#243of 29,823 · #2 Oceania · #50 USElevation14 ft4 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,017of 43,341 · #2,088 Oceania · =15,484 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =7 Oceania · =40 USRunways61 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4of 29,943 · =1 Oceania · =4 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
ATIS127.900
GND121.900
TWR118.100
APPR118.300
DEPT118.300
CLRN121.400