Honolulu International Airport
Overview
 
Honolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu
Honolulu County, Hawaii
The City and County of Honolulu is a consolidated city–county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The municipality and county includes both the urban district of Honolulu and the rest of the island of Oahu, as well as several minor outlying islands, including all of the Northwestern Hawaiian...

 and the State of Hawaii
Hawaii
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 and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States
United States
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, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.

It is located in the Honolulu census-designated place
Census-designated place
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 three miles (5 km) northwest of Oahu's
Oahu
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 central business district
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. Main roads leading to the airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of Interstate H-1
Interstate H-1
Interstate H-1 is the busiest Interstate Highway in Hawaii, United States, located on the island of O‘ahu. Despite the number, this is an east–west highway—the 'H'-series numbering reflects the order in which routes were funded and built. H-1 goes from Route 93 in Kapolei to Route 72 in...

.

Honolulu International Airport serves as the principal hub of Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a major airline of the United States. It is the largest airline based in the State of Hawai'i, and is the 11th largest commercial airline in the country. Based in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, the airline operates its main hub at Honolulu International...

, the largest Hawaii-based airline.
 
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