Lihue Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Lihue Airport

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image-width = 250
caption = Runway 3-21 and the passenger terminal in background; fire station in foreground.
IATA = LIH
ICAO = PHLI
FAA = LIH
type = Public
owner = State of Hawaii
operator = Department of Transportation
city-served = Lihue, Hawaii
location =
elevation-f = 153
elevation-m = 47
coordinates = coord|21|58|34|N|159|20|20|W|region:US_type:airport
website = [http://www.state.hi.us/dot/airports/kauai/lih/ www.state.hi.us/dot/...]
r1-number = 3/21
r1-length-f = 6,500
r1-length-m = 1,981
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 17/35
r2-length-f = 6,500
r2-length-m = 1,981
r2-surface = Asphalt
h1-number = H1
h1-length-f = 64
h1-length-m = 20
h1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 104,276
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 28
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=LIH|use=PU|own=PU|site=52420.*A, effective 2008-06-05]

Lihue Airport airport codes|LIH|PHLI|LIH is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of Līhuokinae, on the southeast coast of the island of Kauaokinai in Kauai County, Hawaiokinai, United States.

The airport does not serve as a hub for any airline. Numerous inter-island flights are available daily. During the 1970s United Airlines used DC-8-71's between Los Angeles and Lihue. United Airlines has nonstop daily service to the mainland cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, and weekly nonstop service to Denver. American Airlines also offers nonstop daily service to Los Angeles; and recently US Airways began offering nonstop service to Phoenix, Arizona. Alaska Airlines has also announced a new service to Seattle which began in October 2007. 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.

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).

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.

Airlines and destinations

* Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma)
* American Airlines (Los Angeles)
* Delta Air Lines (Los Angeles)
* Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu, Kahului)
* Island Air (Honolulu, Kahului)
* Mesa Airlines
** go! operated by Mesa Airlines (Honolulu)
*** go! Express operated by Mokulele Airlines (Honolulu)
* United Airlines (Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
* US Airways (Phoenix)

References

External links

* [http://www.state.hi.us/dot/airports/kauai/lih/ Lihue Airport] at Hawaii Department of Transportation
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