Honolulu International Airport is 18 miles (30 km) southwest of Downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. It’s officially named as Daniel K. Inouye International Airport after the U.S. Senator and Medal of Honor recipient Daniel K. Inouye who represented Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012.
Ground Transportation to and from the Airport
TheBus, public bus transportation service, operates services connecting the airport with most of the locations of the city. Its services with bus route numbers 19, 20, and 31 have stop on the upper (departure) level of the airport. Routes 19 and 20 connect the airport to Pearlridge Center (20 only), Hickam AFB (19 only), Downtown Honolulu, Ala Moana Center, and Waikiki. Route 31 connects the airport to Tripler Army Medical Center, via Kalihi Transit Center.
Alternatively, you may take bus route number 9, 40, 42, or 51 running on Nimitz Highway, which is within the walking distance of the airport.
Rental car companies and taxi cab operators also facilitate their services. Car rental companies include Advantage, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Hertz and National. Registration counters are located in the Baggage Claim area. On airport rental car offices are located on the ground level of the Terminal 2 Parking Garage.
Terminals Information
Honolulu Airport has three terminals: Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3. The Wiki Wiki Shuttle provides inter-terminal transportation between the ticket lobbies of all three terminals and between the concourses in terminals 1 and 2. Baggage Claim is located on the ground level of all terminals.
Lounges Information
S. No. | Airline | Lounge Location |
1 | Air Canada | United Club above Gate G3 |
2 | Air New Zealand | United Club above Gate G3 |
3 | ANA/Air Japan | United Club above Gate G3 |
4 | American Airlines | Garden Court Third Level above The Local @HNL |
5 | China Air | Dynasty Lounge: Garden Court Area |
6 | Delta Air Lines | Delta Sky Club across Gate F1 |
7 | Korean Air | Korean Air Lounge, Garden Court Area |
8 | Hawaiian | Premier Club: Second and Third Levels, Terminal 1 |
9 | Qantas | Qantas Club: Above Gate C1 |
10 | United | United Club above Gate G3 |
Destinations by Airline
S. No. | Airline | Lounge Location |
1 | Air Canada | Vancouver
Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson |
2 | Air New Zealand | Auckland |
3 | Alaska Airlines | Anchorage, Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland (OR), San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma |
4 | All Nippon Airways | Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita |
5 | American Airlines | Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Phoenix–Sky Harbor Seasonal: Chicago–O’Hare |
6 | Asiana Airlines | Seoul–Incheon |
7 | China Airlines | Taipei–Taoyuan |
8 | China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong |
9 | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta, Los Angeles, Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Kansai, Salt Lake City, Seattle/Tacoma, Tokyo–Haneda (begins March 28, 2020), Tokyo–Narita (ends March 27, 2020) Seasonal: Detroit (ends April 10, 2020), Minneapolis/St. Paul |
10 | Fiji Airways | Apia–Faleolo, Kiritimati, Nadi |
11 | Hawaiian Airlines | Auckland, Boston, Brisbane, Fukuoka, Hilo, Kahului, Kailua–Kona, Kapalua, Lanaʻi, Las Vegas, Lihue, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Molokai, New York–JFK, Oakland, Osaka–Kansai, Pago Pago, Papeete, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Portland (OR), Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Sapporo–Chitose, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul–Incheon, Sydney, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita |
12 | Jetstar Airways | Melbourne, Sydney |
13 | Jin Air | Seoul–Incheon |
14 | Korean Air | Seoul–Incheon, Tokyo–Narita |
15 | Mokulele Airlines | Kahului, Kailua–Kona, Kalaupapa, Kapalua, Molokai |
16 | Philippine Airlines | Manila |
17 | Qantas | Sydney |
18 | Southwest Airlines | Hilo (begins January 19, 2020), Kahului, Kailua–Kona, Lihue, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego (begins April 20, 2020), San Jose (CA) |
19 | Sun Country Airlines | Seasonal: Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco |
20 | United | Chicago–O’Hare, Chuuk, Denver, Guam, Houston–Intercontinental, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Los Angeles, Majuro, Newark, Pohnpei, San Francisco, Tokyo–Narita, Washington–Dulles |
21 | WestJet | Vancouver Seasonal: Calgary, Edmonton |