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Airport · ICAO · US

Class B

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

ID PHNL Elev 13 ft Lat 21° 19.10' N Lon 157° 55.54' W Zulu

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FAA Airport Diagram · PHNL

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Runways at PHNL

12 runway ends on file. Longest: 12,360 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
08L 090° 12,360 ft 200 ft Asphalt (good) No
26R 270° 12,360 ft 200 ft Asphalt (good) No
08R 090° 12,000 ft 200 ft Asphalt (good) No
26L 270° 12,000 ft 200 ft Asphalt (good) No
04R 053° 9,002 ft 150 ft Asphalt (good) No
22L 233° 9,002 ft 150 ft Asphalt (good) No
04L 053° 6,955 ft 150 ft Asphalt (good) No
22R 233° 6,955 ft 150 ft Asphalt (good) No
08W 091° 5,090 ft 300 ft Water No
26W 271° 5,090 ft 300 ft Water No
04W 051° 3,000 ft 150 ft Water No
22W 231° 3,000 ft 150 ft Water No

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

6 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS 127.900
  • GND 121.900
  • TWR 118.100
  • APPR 118.300
  • CLRN 121.400
  • DEPT 118.300

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Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for PHNL, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom.

0 matched · 68 not yet translated

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (68 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·PPR FM AMGR FOR TRANSPORATION OF CLASS A OR B EXPLOS IN AND/OR OUT OF HNL.
  • ·DUE TO NON-VISIBILITY TWR UNA TO DTRM IF THE FLWG AREAS ARE CLEAR OF OBSTNS AND/OR TFC: PTNS OF TWY J BTN TWY B & RWY 08R; PTNS OF INTER-ISLAND ACFT PRKG RAMP.
  • ·DUE TO LOCATION OF ATCT, CONTROLLERS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ACFT ARE ON CORRECT FINAL APCH TO RYS 04L-04R AND 22L-22R.
  • ·TWYS G ADG V AND BELOW POWER IN W/PPR.
  • ·CAUTION: DURING PERIODS OF REPEATED PRECIPITATION ANTICIPATE WET RY CONDTIONS, IF CURRENT CONDITIONS RQR CONFIRMATION CTC HONOLULU TWR ON INITIAL CONTACT.
  • ·CAUTION: RECREATIONAL BOATING ACTIVITIES ON AND INVOF WATERWAYS.
  • ·MILITARY: ALL MIL ACFT WITH VIP CODE 7 OR ABV CTC 15WG COMMAND POST OR RELAY THRU HF/SSB AWY 1 HR OUT TO CFM BLOCKTIME.
  • ·TFC PAT OVHD ALT 2000 FT, RESTRICTED TO HIANG AND SENTRY ALOHA ACFT.
  • ·MILITARY: ALL MIL ACFT RQR CSTMS/AG/IMG INSPECTION MUST CTC 15WG COMMAND POST OR IF AMC CTC HICKAM AMCC, NLT 3 HRS PRIOR TO ARR WITH DEPARTURE LOCATION, EST BLOCK TIME, NR OF AIRCREW, CIV/MIL PAX, FOREIGN NATIONALS, AND DV CODES.* RYS 04W/22W AND 08W/26W RECREATIONAL BOATING ACTIVITIES ON AND INVOF WATERWAYS.
  • ·BIRD STRIKE HAZARD ALL RUNWAYS.
  • ·MILITARY A-GEAR RWY 26R: HOOK MB100(B) (25 FT OVRN).
  • ·MILITARY CAUTION: FOD HAZARD EXISTS ON ALL MOVEMENT AREAS E OF TWY S.
  • ·FIGHTER AIRCRAFT EXERCISE EXTREME CTN WHEN TAXIING.
  • ·MILITARY CAUTION: A FOD HAZARD EXISTS ON ALL TAXIWAYS AND RUNWAYS BUT ESPECIALLY ON RUNWAY 4L/22R AND TAXIWAYS NORTH OF RUNWAY 8L/26R.
  • ·MILITARY CAUTION: NO FIGHTER TRANSIENT SUPPORT AVAILABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACC LSET FLASH SAFETY 06-02.
  • ·TRANSIENT FIGHTER UNITS SHOULD PROVIDE THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE SUPPORT.
  • ·MILITARY RSTD: UPON ARR, CREWS WILL PRVD CREW ORDER/EAL TO 647 SFS PATROL AND PROCD DRCTLY TO COMMAND POST (BLDG 2050) AND CMPLT AN OUBD SETUP SHEET TO FACILITATE DEP RQMNTS.
  • ·MILITARY/COMMUNICATIONS: BEDTIME (ALL CORONET W TANKERS USE 311.0 FOR TANKER-FTR INTER-PLANE ON LAUNCH DAY.
  • ·AFT DUTY HR DSN 448-8888 613AOC/AMD, FLT MGMT).
  • ·MILITARY MISC: WX OPR H24, DSN 449-2251, C808-658-9961.
  • ·MILITARY MISC (2 OF 2 CONT'D): LTD WX BRIEF SUPPORT.REMOTE FLT WX BRIEFINGS CTC 17TH WX SQ H24, DSN 315-449-7950/8333, FAX DSN 315-449-8336; 2 HR PN RQR FOR TIMELY BRIEF.OFFICIAL OBSN TAKEN BY FAA.
  • ·COOPERATIVE WX WATCH PROCEDURES DO NOT EXIST BTW WX AND ATC.
  • ·MILITARY MISC: NO COMSEC MATERIAL AVBL THRU HICKAM AIRFIELD OPS.
  • ·MILITARY REMARKS: SEE FLIP AP/3 SUPPLEMENTARY APRT INFO, RTE AND AREA RSTD, AND OAKLAND FIR FLT HAZ.
  • ·MILITARY MISC: AFLD OPS DSN 449-0046/0048 FAX DSN 449-7624.
  • ·MILITARY RSTD: TWR APVL RQRD TO USE TWY KILO FROM RWY 4R.
  • ·HOLD LINE IN EFCT FOR TWY R7 BTN PTN OF TWY XNG APCH ZONE FOR RWY 04L/R.
  • ·TWY P CLSD TO ACFT OVER 12500 LBS.
  • ·MILITARY SERVICE-A-GEAR: RWY 4R/22L AND 8R/26L SFC GROOVED WITHIN 10 FT OF A-G SYSTEM.
  • ·POTENTIAL FOR FTR ACFT TAIL HOOK SKIP EXISTS.

+ 38 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

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Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

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NTSB events at PHNL

53 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

28

since 1982

Fatal

1

3.6% of total

Last 5 years

9

≈ 1.8/yr

Last 10 years

14

≈ 1.4/yr

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Last 10 years · n=14

  • Stall / spin 3
  • Ground collision 3
  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Hard landing 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Water landing / ditching 1
  • Other 1
  • Gear-up landing 1

All time · n=55

  • Other 11
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 8
  • Engine failure / power loss 8
  • Stall / spin 6
  • Hard landing 5
  • Ground collision 5
  • Loss of control 3
  • Gear-up landing 3

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2023-05-21 Aerospatiale AS350B2 · Hard landing · day
2021-09-23 Airbus A321-271N · Hard landing · VMC · day
2021-07-02 Boeing 737-275C · Water / ditching · VMC · night
2017-10-15 Boeing 767 328 · Weather · night
2017-06-30 Piper PA 28-140 · Engine failure · day
2012-01-26 Cessna 172P · Loss of control · VMC · day
2011-02-10 Boeing 767-300 · Weather · day
2009-10-17 Cessna 172S · Other · VMC · day
2008-07-30 Cessna 172 · Ground collision · VMC · day
2008-03-22 Piper PA32-301FT · Weather · day
2004-08-13 Cessna 172S · Hard landing · day
2004-02-15 Cessna 177A · Hard landing · night
2025-06-11 SHORT BROS SD3-60 · Gear-up · day
2024-12-21 RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY C90A · Ground collision · VMC · night
2024-12-17 Cessna 208B · Ground collision · day
2024-08-18 Robinson R44 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2023-01-23 Boeing,Cessna 777-222,208B · Other · day
2019-10-31 Cessna,Cessna 208,172 · Ground collision · day
2018-12-12 Hawker HAWKER HNTR FMK 58 · Engine failure · day
2018-08-08 Hughes 369 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2016-02-25 Cessna,Cessna 172S,208B · Other · day
2015-04-03 Cessna 206H · Runway excursion · night
2014-08-01 ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II · Ground collision · VMC · day
2010-01-10 Piper PA-32-300 · Other · day
2009-01-20 Cessna 177B · Engine failure · VMC · day
2007-12-25 Airbus Industrie A330-323 · Weather · VMC · night
2006-04-28 Cessna 172S · Hard landing · VMC · day
2005-07-01 Piper PA-23-160 · Engine failure · VMC · day
2003-08-18 Airbus A340-300 · Stall / spin · VMC · night
2001-12-09 Cessna 150K · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · dusk
2000-02-05 Piper PA-28-161 · Other · VMC · day
1998-10-21 Boeing MD-11 · Gear-up · day
1998-02-09 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 · Engine failure · VMC · day
1997-08-07 Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15 · Stall / spin · VMC · dusk
1997-02-22 Beech H18 · Loss of control · VMC · night-moonlit
1996-12-15 de Havilland DHC-8 · Weather · VMC · night-moonlit
1996-08-08 Douglas DC-9-51 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1995-05-30 Piper PA-28-151 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
1994-11-22 Robinson R-22B · Other · day
1994-11-04 Piper PA-28-140 · Other · VMC · day
1994-04-26 Boeing 737-209 · Gear-up · VMC · dusk
1993-07-07 Robinson R22B · Loss of control · VMC · day
1992-07-31 Hughes 369D · Weather · VMC · day
1989-02-08 Cessna,Cessna 150K,152 · Other · VMC · day
1988-08-20 McDonnell Douglas DC9-51 · Other · day
1987-11-20 Piper PA-31-350 · Engine failure · VMC · day
1987-04-10 NIHON YS-11A · Fire · VMC · day
1986-11-22 Cessna 152 · Engine failure · day
1986-11-06 Cessna 172N · Engine failure · VMC · night
1984-05-25 Hughes 369D · Other · VMC · day
1983-12-22 de Havilland DHC 7-102 · Weather · VMC · day
1982-11-16 Piper PA-28-140 · Other · day
1982-08-21 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F · Fire · day

DPEs near PHNL

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Bruce Cummings Honolulu HI 3 nm
Douglas Froning Honolulu HI 3 nm
Jordan Brown Honolulu HI 3 nm
Kele Huia Fergerstrom Honolulu HI 3 nm
Naoya Tamanaha Honolulu HI 3 nm
John Wood Kapolei HI 8 nm
Darryl Grace Kailua Kona HI 12 nm
Craig Kanui Kahauolopua Kaaawa HI 14 nm
Benjamin Fouts Kailua-Kona HI 148 nm
Geary Lee Padden Belmont CA 2084 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near PHNL

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Robert Joseph Becka Honolulu HI 3 nm
Victor Joseph Bonfiglio Honolulu HI 3 nm
Richard Ian Bridgnell Honolulu HI 3 nm
Kevin Dennis Connelly Honolulu HI 3 nm
Leslie Satoru Hirahara Honolulu HI 3 nm
Kirk William Mcbride Honolulu HI 3 nm
Sharon Ann Moscovic Honolulu HI 3 nm
Peter Clayton Searl Honolulu HI 3 nm
Timothy Thaddeus Slovak Honolulu HI 3 nm
Robert Mccorriston Smith Honolulu HI 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near PHNL

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Roy Kazuyoshi Nakata Honolulu HI 3 nm
Greg Alan Peterson Honolulu HI 3 nm
David Lee Francis Honolulu HI 3 nm
Jay Thomas Hada Honolulu HI 3 nm
Ernest Patrick Brezeale Jr Honolulu HI 3 nm
David Alan Seest Honolulu HI 3 nm
Mike Sunghoon Lee Honolulu HI 3 nm
James William Dickinson Honolulu HI 3 nm
Matthew Stanley Carlson Honolulu HI 3 nm
Randy Keoua Villanueva Honolulu HI 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near PHNL

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
East West Avionics
Honolulu, HI
0 nm
PMX Aviation Services LLC
Kailua Kona, HI
142 nm
PropJet 210 Aviation, Inc.
Windsor, CA
2081 nm
Direct Avionics
Novato, CA
2084 nm
Lake Aero Styling & Repair
Lakeport, CA
2086 nm
Peninsula Avionics, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
2092 nm
Sullivan Propeller Specialists
Hayward, CA
2095 nm
HF Hangars
Hayward, CA
2095 nm
Absolute Aero Maintenance
Hayward, CA
2095 nm
Belardi Interiors, Inc
Watsonville, CA
2097 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.