AirportsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport is a large airport serving Honolulu, Oahu, in Hawaii, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HNL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HNL
- ICAO code
- PHNL
- City
- Honolulu, Oahu
- State or region
- Hawaii
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 21.3184° N, 157.9257° W
- Elevation
- 4 m (13 ft)
- Runways
- 6
- Longest runway
- 3,767 m (12,360 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HNL means Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: PHNL. ICAO codes that begin with P belong to the North Pacific, including Alaska and Hawaii. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 21.3184° N, 157.9257° W. It stands 4 metres (13 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Honolulu, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport has 6 runways in the data. The longest is 3,767 metres (12,360 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 20.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08L/26R | 3,767 m 12,360 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 08R/26L | 3,658 m 12,000 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 04R/22L | 2,744 m 9,002 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 04L/22R | 2,120 m 6,955 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 08W/26W | 1,551 m 5,090 ft | 91 m | Water | not listed |
| 04W/22W | 914 m 3,000 ft | 46 m | Water | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Molokai AirportKaunakakai | MKK | 88 km |
| Kalaupapa AirportKalaupapa | LUP | 99 km |
| Lanai AirportLanai City | LNY | 117 km |
| Kapalua AirportLahaina | JHM | 136 km |
| Kahului International AirportKahului | OGG | 162 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,917 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,893 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,711 km | 17 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,628 km | 14 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,007 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,108 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,789 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,191 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,170 km | 10 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.