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Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

HNL · Honolulu, Oahu, HI

By Andrew
IATA Code
HNL
ICAO Code
PHNL
City
Honolulu, Oahu
Country
United States
Website
airports.hawaii.gov

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport is a major airport serving Honolulu, Oahu, HI. Its IATA code is HNL and its ICAO code is PHNL.

The airfield sits 13 feet above sea level.

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HNL by the numbers

IATA HNL · ICAO PHNL · 13 ft elevation · Map

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Official departure punctuality

Ranks #86 of 358 U.S. airports for on-time departures

On-time departures
83.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.1%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
63 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
58,034
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 53%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 33%
  • Air traffic control & airport 11%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Busiest routes from HNL

RouteFlightsOn time
Kahului (OGG) 9,998 84%
Lihue, Kauai (LIH) 7,699 84%
Kailua-Kona (KOA) 7,226 85%
Hilo (ITO) 6,276 84%
Los Angeles (LAX) 5,540 80%
Seattle (SEA) 2,931 75%
San Francisco (SFO) 2,476 81%
Las Vegas (LAS) 2,178 81%
San Diego (SAN) 1,774 77%
Phoenix (PHX) 1,317 83%
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Airlines departing HNL

AirlineFlightsOn-time departures
Alaska Airlines 23,409 79%
Southwest Airlines 12,359 91%
Hawaiian Airlines 10,807 84%
United Airlines 5,102 85%
Delta Air Lines 3,711 88%
American Airlines 2,646 83%

Runways

Runway Length Surface
08L/26R 12,360 ft ASPH-G
08R/26L 12,000 ft ASPH-G
04R/22L 9,002 ft ASPH-G
04L/22R 6,955 ft ASPH-G
08W/26W 5,090 ft WATER
04W/22W 3,000 ft WATER

Listen to the tower

Air traffic control frequencies, for scanners and airband radios.

  • Recorded airport information (ATIS) 127.900 MHz
  • Tower 118.100 MHz
  • Ground 121.900 MHz

Runways and frequencies: OurAirports (public domain). Not for navigation.

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