# Hilo International Airport (ITO / PHTO)

**Hilo International Airport** (IATA: ITO, ICAO: PHTO) is a medium airport in Hilo, Hawaii, United States. It opened in 1928. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,803 ft (2,988 m). In 2025 it handled 1.4 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ITO / PHTO
- FAA: ITO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hilo, Hawaii, United States
- Opened: 1928
- Elevation: 38 ft / 12 m
- Coordinates: 19.7214, -155.0454
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,803 ft / 2,988 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 2 departures, 1 arrival
- Passengers: 1,410,715 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Honolulu
- Website: http://hawaii.gov/ito
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo_International_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431490
- Weather station: PHTO · WMO 91285
- Ident: PHTO

## Timeline

- 1928: Hilo International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 9,803 ft / 2,988 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 03/21 | 5,601 ft / 1,707 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 041° / 221° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00756AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,351,743 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,269,699 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 1,291,911 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 1,309,608 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 1,202,479 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 1,163,393 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 465,424 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 722,826 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 1,284,501 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 1,373,923 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 1,367,529 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,410,715 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [OGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phog.md) Kahului International Airport · United States · 121 mi / 195 km · Hawaiian Airlines
- [HNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phnl.md) Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · United States · 217 mi / 349 km · Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 2,661 mi / 4,283 km · Southwest Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- HA [Hawaiian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hawaiian-airlines) · 2
- WN [Southwest Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwest-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.4M (2025) | #703 of 3,974 | #21 in Oceania | #121 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,803 ft / 2,988 m | #1,439 of 29,858 | #30 in Oceania | #223 in US |
| Elevation | 38 ft / 12 m | =40,005 of 43,403 | #1,865 in Oceania | =14,915 in US |
| Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =10 in Oceania | =57 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =62 in Oceania | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 119.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.400 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | HONOLULU RDO | 122.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [HI27](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hi27.md) Upper Paauilo Airstrip · 31 mi / 49 km
- [US-0224](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0224.md) Cooper Airfield · 31 mi / 50 km
- [BSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phsf.md) Bradshaw Army Airfield · 33 mi / 53 km
- [MUE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phmu.md) Waimea Kohala Airport · 45 mi / 72 km
- [UPP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phup.md) Upolu Airport · 65 mi / 104 km
- [KOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phko.md) Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole · 65 mi / 105 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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: “Hilo International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hilo_International_Airport&oldid=1368122976), revision of 7 Aug 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/phto/data