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
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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

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.

Airlines

12 airlines · destinations from HNL
Hub airlines5
HAHawaiian Airlines22KHAloha Air Cargo—Go!ExpressWPIsland Air (Hawaii)YVMesa Airlines
Passenger6
DLDelta Air Lines9WSWestJet3ACAir Canada2YPAir Premia1KEKorean Air1PRPhilippine Airlines1
Cargo1
5XUPS Airlines1

Former hub of Air Hawaii, Aloha Airlines, Discovery Airways, Go!, Mahalo Air and Mid Pacific Air.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from HNL. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 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 29,858 · #2 Oceania · #50 USElevation14 ft4 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,077of 43,403 · #2,104 Oceania · =15,492 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =7 Oceania · =40 USRunways61 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4of 29,978 · =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