Lihue Airport

Lihue Airport
Lihue Airport
	Runway 3-21 and the passenger terminal in background; fire station in foreground.
IATA: LIH – ICAO: PHLI – FAA LID: LIH LIH Location of the Lihue Airport
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Hawaii
Operator	Department of Transportation
Serves	Lihue, Hawaii
Elevation AMSL	153 ft / 47 m
Coordinates	21°58′34″N 159°20′20″W / 21.97611°N 159.33889°W
Website	http://hawaii.gov/lih
Runways
Helipads
Statistics (2005, 2010)
Aircraft operations (2005)	104,276
Based aircraft (2005)	28
Passengers (2010)	2,416,812
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration, Lihue Airport

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Lihue Airport (IATA: LIH, ICAO: PHLI, FAA LID: LIH) is a state-owned public-use airport located in the Līhuʻe CDP on the southeast coast of the island of Kauaʻi in Kauai County, Hawaiʻi, United States, two nautical miles east of the center of the CDP.^[1]^[3]

The airport does not serve as a hub for any airline carrier. Numerous inter-island flights are available daily. During the 1970s, United Airlines used Douglas DC-8's between Los Angeles and Lihue. In September 1999 China Southern Airlines used to operate Boeing 777-200's from Las Vegas-Lihue-Hong Kong, arriving on Tuesdays and departing on Thursdays. American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways all utilize Boeing 757-200’s between Lihue and their mainland destinations. Alaska Airlines and WestJet utilize Next Generation Boeing 737-800’s between Lihue and their mainland destinations; while Hawaiian Airlines uses Boeing 717-200’s between Lihue and Honolulu. The airport's runway can handle planes up to and including the size of a DC-10. The airport is mostly un-walled, and the check in is completely outside.

The airport is the primary gateway to Kauai for visitors (especially tourists), and has several rental car facilities. Two movies have filmed scenes at the Lihue Airport. "Honeymoon in Vegas" and "Six Days Seven Nights".

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Lihue Airport covers an area of 879 acres (356 ha) at an elevation of 153 feet (47 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways designated 3/21 and 17/35, each measuring 6,500 by 150 feet (1,981 x 46 m). The airport also has one helipad measuring 64 by 64 feet (20 x 20 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2005, the airport had 104,276 aircraft operations, an average of 285 per day: 48% air taxi, 26% scheduled commercial, 23% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 43% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 50% helicopter.^[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The terminal

Airlines	Destinations
Alaska Airlines	Oakland, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma
American Airlines	Los Angeles
Delta Air Lines	Los Angeles
go! Mokulele operated by Mesa Airlines	Honolulu, Kahului
Hawaiian Airlines	Honolulu, Kahului
Island Air	Honolulu, Kahului
United Airlines	Los Angeles, San Francisco Seasonal: Denver
US Airways	Phoenix
WestJet	Vancouver

[edit] Top Destinations

**Top ten busiest domestic routes out of LIH**
(July 2010 - June 2011) ^[4]
Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Honolulu, HI	712,000	go!, Hawaiian, Island
2	Los Angeles, CA	202,000	American, Delta, United
3	Kahului, HI	67,000	Hawaiian, Island
4	San Francisco, CA	61,000	United
5	Seattle, WA	57,000	Alaska
6	Phoenix, AZ	50,000	US Airways
7	Denver, CO	8,000	United
8	Oakland, CA	7,000	Alaska
9	San Jose, CA	5,000	Alaska
10	Chicago, IL	5,000	-