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 Honolulu International Airport
IATA: HNL - ICAO: PHNL
Summary
- Airport type Public / Military
- Operator Hawaii Department of Transportation
- Serves Honolulu, Hawaii
- Elevation AMSL 13 ft (4 m)
- Coordinates 21°19′07″N, 157°55′21″W
Runways 
Direction Length Surface
- 4L/22R 6,952 2,119 Asphalt
- 4R/22L 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
- 4W/22W 3,000 914 Water
- 8L/26R 12,300 3,749 Asphalt
- 8R/26L 12,000 3,658 Asphalt
- 8W/26W 5,000 1,524 Water
Honolulu International Airport (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL) is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States.
Opened in March 1927 as John Rodgers Airport, Honolulu International Airport is the principal hub of Hawaiian Airlines and Aloha Airlines, the two largest Hawaii-based airlines. Both airlines offer flights between the various airports of the Hawaiian Islands and also serve the continental United States. Honolulu International Airport is host to major United States and international flagship commercial carriers with direct routes to American, Asian, and Pacific Rim destinations.
Due to its proximity to the center of the Pacific Ocean, Honolulu has historically been a stop for many transpacific flights to and from North America. With the advent of ultra-long range aircraft, however, many flights are now able to overfly Honolulu - the notable exception being flights between Australia and Canada. As such, the airport has seen a notable decrease in international passenger traffic over the years. Now that virtually all airline service to Honolulu is based on demand, there are far fewer flights to Australia, the South Pacific or southeast Asia today than 15 or 20 years ago. Almost all flights now go to Japan or the continental United States. However, Honolulu has continued to see major growth in the domestic market as major airlines have added frequencies and even non-stop links to large, yet previously unserved markets such as Phoenix, Denver and Cincinnati.
Authority
Honolulu International Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaii. The official authority of Honolulu International Airport is the Governor of Hawaii. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawaii State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawaii Airports Administrator.
The Hawaii Airports Administrator oversees six governing bodies: Airports Operations Office, Airports Planning Office, Engineering Branch, Information Technology Office, Staff Services Office, Visitor Information Program Office. Collectively, the six bodies have authority over the four airport districts in Hawaii: Hawaii District, Kauai District, Maui District and the principal Oahu District. Honolulu International Airport is a subordinate of the Oahu District officials.
Facilities
Runways
 Honolulu International Airport has four major runways. The principal runway designated 8R/26L, also known as the Reef Runway, is the world's first major runway constructed entirely offshore. Completed in 1977, the Reef Runway is a designated alternate landing site for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration space shuttle program in association with Hickam Air Force Base, which shares Honolulu International Airport's airfield operations.
In addition to the four paved runways, Honolulu International Airport has two designated offshore runways designated 8W/26W and 4W/22W for use by seaplanes.
Terminal buildings
Honolulu International Airport has three terminal buildings.
The Commuter Terminal serves smaller airlines which operate flights between the smaller airports in the island chain.
The Interisland Terminal mainly serves the interisland flights of Hawaiian Airlines and Aloha Airlines. It is designed to handle flights of jet aircraft between the major commercial airports in the Hawaiian Islands, and is also used by Aloha for flights to the west coast of the United States.
The Main Overseas Terminal serves flights to and from the United States mainland and international destinations.
A fleet of Chance RT-52 buses provide interterminal transportation between the ticket counters of all three terminals and between the concourses in the Interisland and Main terminals. The buses, known as "Wiki Wiki" buses (from the Hawaiian word for "fast"), are the namesake for the WikiWikiWeb, and by extension, Wikipedia.
Gate Assignments
All boarding gates in the Main Overseas Terminal at Honolulu International are common use, shared among all airlines, and may change daily as the need arises. No gates are assigned to any airline, although several legacy US-based and/or dominant carriers that fly into and out of HNL commonly use the following gates:
Main Overseas Terminal
- American (Gates 16-20)
- ATA (Gates 14-23)
- Continental Domestic and International (Gates 12-16, 23-25)
- Delta (Gates 20-23)
- Hawaiian Domestic and International (Gates 23-34)
- Northwest Domestic and International (Gates 10-17)
- United Domestic and International (Gates 6-11)
Most international flights on airlines not listed above arrive and depart from the Ewa Concourse (Gates 26-34), which is closest to the International Arrivals Building. On February 5, 2007, the Hawaii State Department of Transportation announced a plan to construct a $10 million enclosed people-mover system to connect the third floor of the Ewa Concourse directly to the International Arrivals Building and the rest of the airport. Construction is to begin during Summer 2007 and last approximately 18 months.
Interisland Terminal
Aloha (Gates 49-55)
- Hawaiian Interisland (Gates 55-61)[3]
Other
The entire terminal complex features twenty-four hour medical services, restaurants, shopping centers and a business center with conference rooms for private use. Passengers have the option of using various short-term and long-term parking structures on the grounds of Honolulu International Airport.
Main roads leading to the Honolulu International Airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of Interstate H-1.
Future plans
The plan involves implementing short-term projects within the first five years to improve passenger service and increase security and operational efficiencies. These include upgrades to the passenger terminals, ticket counters, baggage screening operations, runways and airport aprons, airport infrastructure such as air conditioning, restroom facilities, elevators, escalators, electrical systems, drains and sprinkler systems.
In addition, the plan incorporates improvements to comply with federal regulations on storm water systems, runway safety, perimeter security and crash fire safety. Long-term improvement projects include increasing the airports’ capacity and enhancing convenience and efficiency. These projects include constructing additional gates, ramp space and passenger loading bridges, increasing holding room capacity, and expanding public parking facilities.
Airlines
Commuter Terminal (Gates 71-80)
Lobby 1
Island Air (Hilo, Kapalua, Kahului, Kona, Lana`i, Lihue, Molokai)
Mesa Airlines
go! operated by Mesa Airlines (Hilo, Kahului, Kona, Lihue)
Mokulele Airlines (Kapalua, Lana`i)
Pacific Wings (Hana, Kahului, Kalaupapa, Kamuela/Waimea, Kapalua, Kona, Lana`i, Moloka`i)
Interisland Terminal (Gates 49-64)
Lobby 2
Hawaiian Airlines (Anchorage, Hilo, Kahului, Kona, Las Vegas, Lihue, Los Angeles, Pago Pago, Papeete, Phoenix, Portland (OR), Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney)[5]
Lobby 3
Aloha Airlines (Hilo, Kahului, Lihue, Kona, Oakland, Orange County)
Main Terminal (Gates 6-34)
Lobby 4
Air Canada (Sydney, Vancouver)
Air New Zealand (Auckland)
Air Pacific (Christmas Island, Nadi, Vancouver)
All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco)
Harmony Airways (Calgary, Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
Philippine Airlines (Manila)
Qantas (Sydney)
Jetstar Airways (Melbourne, Sydney)
WestJet (Vancouver)
Lobby 5
Japan Airlines (Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Osaka-Kansai, Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Tokyo-Narita)
JALways (Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
Lobby 6
ATA Airlines (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario (CA), Phoenix)
China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita)
Omni Air International (Las Vegas)
US Airways
US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Phoenix)
Lobby 7
American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark)
Continental Airlines operated by Continental Micronesia (Chuuk, Guam, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Majuro, Nagoya-Centrair, Pohnpei)
Northwest Airlines (Anchorage [seasonal], Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Osaka-Kansai, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Tokyo-Narita)
Lobby 8
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, Osaka-Kansai, San Diego [seasonal], San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma [seasonal], Tokyo-Narita)
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