Honolulu International Airport NAME CHANGE

Someone decided to change the name of one of the worlds best known airports to "Daniel K Inouye" instead.

Airport codes HNL and PHNL will still be used. And the Tower callsign will still be "Honolulu Tower".

But they have already put the new name on a revised FAA diagram :

Honolulu Airport 1965

Delta Airlines N664US HNL 747-400

Preparing to depart for Kansai as DL277 on 2/2/15.

China Airlines B18357 HNL Airbus A330

Preparing to depart as CI17 to Narita on 2/2/15.

Japan Airlines JA701J, JA702J HNL Boeing 777

JA701J After arrival from Chubu Centrair as JL794 on 2/2/15.

JA702J Preparing to depart for Narita as JL781 on 2/2/15.

How far is it from Honolulu Airport to Waikiki Beach?

Not that far.

Airplane Life On The Road

We try and travel unnoticed, but flight and ground crews always seem to find out when Airplane Life is onboard. We appreciate the recognition.   

Thanks to Gate Agent Amy L. for this picture of our OGG bound aircraft last week.  

Transair Hawaii

Today we salute Transair, who kicked us out of their parking lot at HNL.

Had we had a few more moments, we could have squeezed a Shorts 360 into this snapshot along with the 737-200F, the Convair 640(F), and KC-10 Extender.

Lost at HNL

"Born to Fly," yet still a little confused at the airport.

Alaska Airlines "Spirit of the Islands" N560AS

This 737-890 (c/n 35179, l/n 2072) made it's debut in Honolulu recently. Photo by Aaska Airlines. 

Hawaii Five-0 Helicopter AS 350BA Makani Kai - Kamekona

This is the helicopter flown by character Kamekona (Taylor Wily) on the CBS television series Hawaii Five-0.

Honolulu Airport Takeoff Video

Brilliantly filmed.