Daniel K Inouye International Airport

Daniel K. Inouye International, historically Honolulu International, is the primary aviation gateway of the Hawaiian Islands and one of the geographically most isolated major airports on earth — ranked by BigAirports as the defining mid-Pacific hub connecting North America to Oceania, East Asia and Polynesia. Located on the south shore of O'ahu 5 km west of downtown Honolulu at 13 ft (4 m) elevation, HNL handles roughly 21M passengers annually and is the inter-island hub for every major Hawai'i carrier. Four paved runways — 08L/26R at 12,360 ft (3,767 m) Reef Runway built on a coral-reef fill in 1977, 08R/26L at 12,000 ft (3,658 m), 04R/22L at 9,002 ft (2,744 m) and crosswind 04L/22R at 6,955 ft (2,120 m) — plus two water-landing lanes (08W/26W and 04W/22W) make HNL one of the few civilian airports in the world certified for scheduled seaplane operations. The Reef Runway was the first major runway constructed entirely offshore on a reef platform and remains a reference design for coastal airport expansion. HNL operates Hawaiian Airlines' main hub — anchoring inter-island service to Maui (OGG), Kona (KOA), Hilo (ITO), Kaua'i (LIH) and Moloka'i — alongside transpacific Hawaiian wide-body service to the US West Coast, US mainland long-haul destinations, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Sydney, Auckland, Tahiti and Las Vegas. American, Delta, United, Southwest, Alaska, JAL, ANA, Korean, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Fiji Airways, Air New Zealand and Air Tahiti Nui all operate scheduled service. The 148 routes to 70 destinations across 35 airlines reflect HNL's role as the essential Pacific-crossing connector. A Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam military ramp shares the airfield, adding strategic defense significance.