List of airports in Hawaii
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This is a list of airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

s in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

(a U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

 or airports assigned an IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

 airport code.

Airports

This list contains the following information:
  • City served - The city generally associated with the airport. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve.
  • FAA - The location identifier
    Location identifier
    A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...

     assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration
    Federal Aviation Administration
    The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

     (FAA). These are linked to each airport's page at the Hawaii Department of Transportation
    Hawaii Department of Transportation
    The Hawaii Department of Transportation is a state government organization which oversees transportation in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The agency is divided into three divisions dealing with aviation, maritime, and roads.-Airports Division:...

     web site.
  • IATA - The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association
    International Air Transport Association
    The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

     (IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
  • ICAO - The location indicator
    International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
    The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...

     assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization
    International Civil Aviation Organization
    The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...

     (ICAO).
  • Airport name - The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
  • Role - One of four FAA airport categories
    FAA airport categories
    The United States Federal Aviation Administration has a system for categorizing public-use airports that is primarily based on the level of commercial passenger traffic through each facility. It is used to determine if an airport is eligible for funding through the federal government's Airport...

    , as per the 2009-2013 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
    National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
    The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. It is developed and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration . Its purposes are:* to identify all the airports in the U.S...

     (NPIAS) Report:
    • P: Commercial Service - Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types:
      • L: Large Hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
      • M: Medium Hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
      • S: Small Hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
      • N: Non-Hub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
    • CS: Commercial Service - Non-Primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
    • R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
    • GA: General Aviation
      General aviation
      General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

      airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.
  • Enpl. - The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year
    Calendar year
    Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day. By convention, a calendar year consists of a natural number of days. To reconcile the calendar year with an astronomical cycle , certain years...

     2008, as per FAA records.

City served FAA IATA ICAO Airport name Role Enpl.
Commercial Service - Primary Airports
Hilo ITO ITO PHTO Hilo International Airport
Hilo International Airport
Hilo International Airport , formerly General Lyman Field, is owned and operated by the Hawaii state Department of Transportation. Located in Hilo, Hawaii County, the airport encompasses and is one of two major airports on Hawaii Island and one of five major airports in the state...

P-S 648,263
Honolulu HNL HNL PHNL Honolulu International Airport
Honolulu International Airport
Honolulu International Airport 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, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.It is located in the Honolulu...

/ Hickam AFB
Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam Field, re-named Hickam Air Force Base in 1948, was a United States Air Force facility now part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lt Col Horace Meek Hickam.- History :...

P-L 9,013,440
Kahului OGG OGG PHOG Kahului Airport
Kahului Airport
Kahului Airport is a regional airport in the state of Hawai'i, located east of the Kahului CDP in Maui County on the island of Maui near Haleakala. Most flights into OGG originate from Honolulu International Airport; the Honolulu–Kahului corridor is one of the busiest air routes in the US,...

P-M 2,652,335
Kailua/Kona KOA KOA PHKO Kona International Airport at Keahole
Kona International Airport
Kona International Airport at Keāhole is an airport on the Island of Hawaii, in Kalaoa CDP, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The airport serves leeward, or Western Hawaii island, including the town of Kailua-Kona and the major resorts of the North Kona and South Kohala districts.- History...

P-S 1,332,667
Kaunakakai
Kaunakakai, Hawaii
Kaunakakai is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the largest town on the island of Molokai. The population was 2,726 at the 2000 census. It is "twinned" with Embo in Scotland...

MKK MKK PHMK Molokai Airport
Molokai Airport
Molokai Airport is a public airport located northwest of Kaunakakai, on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the principal airport of the island.- Facilities and aircraft :...

P-N 89,468
Lanai City
Lana'i City, Hawai'i
Lanai City is a census-designated place on the island of Lanai, in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 3,164 at the 2000 census. Because of the island of Lanai's small population, Lanai City functions as the island's main commerce and business area...

LNY LNY PHNY Lanai Airport
Lanai Airport
Lānai Airport is a public airport located three nautical miles southwest of Lānai City, serving as the only airport of the island of Lānai, Hawaii in the United States.- Facilities and aircraft :...

P-N 52,075
Lihue (Lihu'e) LIH LIH PHLI Lihue Airport (Lihu'e Airport) P-S 1,287,696
Commercial Service - Non-Primary Airports
Kalaupapa
Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community on the island of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii, within Kalawao County.The village is located on the Kalaupapa peninsula at the base of the highest sea cliffs in the world, dropping about into the Pacific Ocean.- Volcanic origin :Kalaupapa...

LUP LUP PHLU Kalaupapa Airport
Kalaupapa Airport
Kalaupapa Airport is a regional airport of the State of Hawai'i, located on the northern peninsula of the island of Moloka'i, two nautical miles north of Kalaupapa Settlement. Most flights to Kalaupapa originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands by unscheduled air taxis and...

CS Kalaupapa Airport is listed as a general aviation airport in the 2009-2013 NPIAS, but is a commercial service - non-primary airport based on 2008 enplanements. 3,135
Reliever Airports
Kapolei
Kapolei, Hawaii
Kapolei is an unincorporated community in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States on the island of Oahu and is colloquially known as the "second city". Second to Honolulu in size, it is not a legal municipal corporation and thus not properly a city....

JRF PHJR Kalaeloa Airport
Kalaeloa Airport
Kalaeloa Airport , also called John Rodgers Field and formerly Naval Air Station Barbers Point, is a joint civil-military regional airport of the State of Hawaii established on July 1, 1999 to replace the Ford Island NALF facilities which closed on June 30 of the same year...

 (John Rodgers Field)
R 600
General Aviation Airports
Hana HNM HNM PHHN Hana Airport
Hana Airport
Hana Airport is a regional airport of the State of Hawai'i on the east shore of the island of Maui, northwest of the unincorporated town of Hana. It is primarily a commuter facility used by unscheduled air taxis and general aviation...

GA Hana Airport is listed as a commercial service - non-primary airport in the 2009-2013 NPIAS, but is a general aviation airport based on 2008 enplanements. 1,462
Hanapepe
Hanapepe, Hawaii
Hanapepe is a census-designated place in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States...

PAK PAK PHPA Port Allen Airport
Port Allen Airport
Port Allen Airport is a regional airport of the State of Hawai'i. It is located southwest of the unincorporated town of Hanapepe on the south shore of the island of Kaua'i...

GA
Hawi
Hawi, Hawai'i
Hawi is a census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 938 at the 2000 census.Hawi is situated to the west of the community of Kapaau. Together they comprise the most densely populated region in the district of North Kohala...

UPP UPP PHUP Upolu Airport
Upolu Airport
Upolu Airport is a regional airport of the State of Hawai'i in Hawai'i County. Located on the northern tip of the Big Island, Upolu Airport is northwest of the unincorporated town of Hawi.- Facilities and aircraft :...

GA
Kamuela MUE MUE PHMU Waimea-Kohala Airport
Waimea-Kohala Airport
Waimea-Kohala Airport is an airport located one nautical mile southwest of Kamuela , an unincorporated town in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States....

GA 407
Lahaina JHM JHM PHJH Kapalua Airport
Kapalua Airport
Kapalua Airport , also known as Kapalua West Maui Airport, is a regional airport on the west side of the island of Maui. It is located northwest of Lahaina, in Maui County, Hawaii, United States....

(Kapalua West Mau'i Airport)
GA Kapalua Airport is listed as a general aviation airport in the 2009-2013 NPIAS (possibly due to airport categorized as private use by FAA). 52,328
Mokuleia
Mokule'ia, Hawai'i
Mokulēia is a North Shore community and census-designated place in the Waialua District on the island of Oahu, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii. Mokulēia means isle abundance in Hawaiian. As of the 2000 Census, the CDP had a total population of 1,839...

HDH HDH PHDH Dillingham Airfield
Dillingham Airfield
Dillingham Airfield is a public and military use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Mokulēia, in Honolulu County on the North Shore of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is operated by the Hawaii Department of Transportation under a 25-year lease from...

GA
Other Government/Military Airports
Honolulu HNL HIK PHIK Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam Air Force Base
Hickam Field, re-named Hickam Air Force Base in 1948, was a United States Air Force facility now part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lt Col Horace Meek Hickam.- History :...

 (shares runways with Honolulu Int'l)
Honolulu NPS PHNP NALF Ford Island
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Ford Island
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Ford Island was a military use airport on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, United States. Prior to 1962, it was designated as Naval Air Station Ford Island until its downgrade from NAS to NALF...

Kaneohe NGF PHNG MCAF Kaneohe Bay
Marine Corps Air Facility Kaneohe Bay
Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay or MCAS Kaneohe Bay is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within the Marine Corps Base Hawaii complex, formerly known as Marine Corps Air Facility Kaneohe Bay or Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay...

 (Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Marine Corps Base Hawaii , formerly Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps base facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County of Honolulu. As of the 2000 Census, the base had a...

)
Kekaha
Kekaha, Hawaii
Kekaha is a census-designated place in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 3,175 at the 2000 census.-History:...

 / Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...

BKH BKH PHBK Pacific Missile Range Facility
Pacific Missile Range Facility
The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands is a U.S. Naval facility and airport located five nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Kekaha, in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States....

 at Barking Sands
Barking Sands
Barking Sands is a beach on the island of Kauaʻi in the US state of Hawaiʻi. It is the location of Pacific Missile Range Facility, a rocket launch site and also an official Missile Defense Testing Area, both controlled by the United States Navy....

Pohakuloa Training Area
Pohakuloa Training Area
Pōhakuloa Training Area is located on the island of Hawaii in the high plateau between Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and the Hualālai volcanic mountains...

BSF BSF PHSF Bradshaw Army Airfield
Tern Island
French Frigate Shoals
The French Frigate Shoals is the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Its name commemorates French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse, who nearly lost two frigates when attempting to navigate the shoals...

HFS PHHF French Frigate Shoals Airport
French Frigate Shoals Airport
French Frigate Shoals Airport is a private use airport on Tern Island in French Frigate Shoals, a coral atoll, in Hawaii, United States. It is owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.Although many U.S...

Wahiawa
Wahiawa, Hawai'i
Wahiawa is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, on the island of Oahu. It is located in the Wahiawa District, on the plateau or "central valley" between the two volcanic mountains that comprise the island...

HHI HHI PHHI Wheeler Army Airfield
Wheeler Army Airfield
Wheeler Army Airfield , also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii...

Notable Private-Use Airports
Hanalei
Hanalei, Hawaii
Hanalei is a census-designated place in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 478 at the 2000 census. Hanalei means "lei making" in Hawaiian...

HI01 HPV Princeville Airport
Princeville Airport
Princeville Airport is a private airport located east of the central business district of Hanalei, a village on the island of Kaua‘i in Hawaii. The airport covers 29 acres and has one runway....

 (former FAA identifier: HPV)
Notable Former Airports
Ewa, Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...

MCAS Ewa
Marine Corps Air Station Ewa
Marine Corps Air Station Ewa was a United States Marine Corps air station that was located west of Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The base was hit during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and later served as the hub for all Marine aviation units heading into combat in the Pacific Theater...

 (closed 1952)
Kailua-Kona Old Kona Airport
Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area
Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area is a park built on the site of an old landing strip just North of Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii.-History:During World War II a small landing strip was cleared near the end of Kuakini Highway....

 (converted to park in 1970)
Lahaina HKP PHKP Kaanapali Airport
Kaanapali Airport
Kaanapali Airport was a small regional airport located on the northwest end of Maui, near the city of Lahaina and north of Kaanapali Beach in Honokōwai...

 (closed 1986)


Footnotes:

See also

  • Hawaii World War II Army Airfields
  • Essential Air Service
    Essential Air Service
    Essential Air Service is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States, which, prior to deregulation, were served by certificated airlines, maintained commercial service. Its aim is to maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service to these...

     - Hawaii had three EAS subsidized airports until 2007
  • List of airports by ICAO code: P#PH - Hawaii
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Hawaii
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