Daniel K. Inouye International Airport[2] (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL), also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the principal aviation gateway of the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu of the State of Hawaii. It is one of the 30 busiest airports in United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.[3]
The airport is named after the U.S. Senator and Medal of Honor recipient Daniel K. Inouye, who represented Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. The airport is located in the Honolulu census-designated place three miles (5 km) northwest of Honolulu's central business district.[4][5] Main roads leading to the airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of Interstate H-1.
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport serves as the principal hub of Hawaiian Airlines, the largest Hawaii-based airline, and is host to major United States and international airlines, with nonstop flights to North American, Asian, and Oceania destinations. It offers services to the various airports of the Hawaiian Islands as well as most major western U.S. cities and many smaller gateways, especially in California; the airport has also succeeded in attracting long-haul services to the East Coast including the recently added destinations of Boston and Washington–Dulles, which have joined established services to Atlanta, New York–JFK, and Newark. Wikipedia
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