<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Daniel k. Inouye International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport opened in march 1927 as john Rodgers airport, after world war I naval officer john Rodgers. It was funded by the territorial legislature and the chamber of commerce, and was the first full airport in Hawaii; aircraft had previously been limited to small landing strips, fields, and seaplane docks. From 1939 to 1943, the adjacent Keechi lagoon was dredged for use by seaplanes, and the dredged soil was moved to hell to provide more space for conventional planes.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The u.s. Military grounded all civil aircraft and took over all civil airports after the attack on pearl harbor, and Rodgers field was designated naval air station Honolulu. The navy built a control tower and terminal building, and some commercial traffic was allowed during daylight hours. Rodgers field was returned to the territory of Hawaii in 1946. At the time, at 4,019 acres (16.26 km2), it was one of the largest airports in the united states, with four paved land runways and three seaplane runways.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Facilities Daniel k. Inouye international airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport has four major runways, which it operates in conjunction with the adjacent Hickam air force base. The principal runway designated 8r/26l, also known as the reef runway, was the world's first major runway constructed entirely offshore. Completed in 1977, the reef runway was a designated alternate landing site for the space shuttle.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In addition to the four paved runways, Daniel k. Inouye international airport has two designated offshore waterways designated 8w/26w and 4w/22w for use by seaplanes.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Ground transportation Daniel K. Inouye International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is accessible from both interstate h-1 at exit 16 and Nimitz highway.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Thebes routes 20 and 303 stop on the departures level of the airport. Route 20 connects the airport to pearl ridge center, downtown Honolulu, ala Moana center, and Waikiki. Hickam aft is served by the new route 303. Routes 9, 40, 42, and 51 run on Nimitz highway within walking distance of the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Skyline, the light metro system serving the city and county of Honolulu, will service the airport via the Daniel k. Inouye international airport station once segment 2 opens in mid-2025.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The wiki wiki shuttle, the airport's free shuttle bus, provides service between the ticket lobbies of all three terminals as well as provides service between the concourses of terminal 1 and terminal 2 post-security.</p>
<p class="blog-para">A 1.8 million sq. ft $377 million consolidated rental car facility (contract) opened on December 1, 2021 consolidating all rental car companies into one shared facility. Alamo rent a car, aviso car rental, budget rent a car, dollar rent a car, enterprise rent-a-car, hertz, national car rental, payless car rental, six rent a car, and thrifty car rental operate out of the facility which features 4,500 parking stalls across five levels.</p>
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