Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
Honolulu, Oahu · United States · Pacific/Honolulu
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Airport HistoryEst. 1927
Hawaii's main gateway opened in 1927 as John Rodgers Airport, was seized by the U.S. Navy after Pearl Harbor, and returned to civilian control in 1946 before being renamed Honolulu International Airport. Vladimir Ossipoff's mid-century modernist concourses defined it through the 1970s, and in 2017 it was renamed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to honor the late Medal of Honor recipient and long-serving U.S. senator, ahead of a 2021 terminal completion and 2025 light-rail connection.
Hawaii's first full airport opens on 21 March 1927 as John Rodgers Airport (Rodgers Field), named for a U.S. naval aviation pioneer; previously aircraft had used small strips and seaplane docks.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. military takes control of the airport, designating it Naval Air Station Honolulu for the duration of World War II.
The airport, then covering 4,019 acres with four paved and three seaplane runways, is returned to the Territory of Hawaii and renamed Honolulu Airport the following year; 'International' is added to the name in 1951.
Its 13,097-foot runway is reported as the world's longest at the time.
A new terminal named for John Rodgers is dedicated on 22 August and opens on 14 October, followed through the 1970s by architect Vladimir Ossipoff's modernist Diamond Head (1970), Ewa (1972) and Central (1980) concourses.
On 24 February 1989, a cargo door separates from United Airlines Flight 811 shortly after departure, causing explosive decompression and the loss of nine passengers; the incident leads to major changes in cargo-door design standards industry-wide.
Hawaii's governor announces a state-wide airports modernization program, with $1.7 billion earmarked for Honolulu International Airport improvements over the following two decades.
On 30 May 2017 the airport is officially renamed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, honoring the late U.S. senator and World War II Medal of Honor recipient; terminals are renumbered the following year with Terminal 3 opening on the Diamond Head side.
The Mauka Concourse in Terminal 1 completes construction on 26 August, and a $377 million consolidated rental car facility opens on 1 December.
General encyclopedic sources (Wikipedia and aviation history references). Historical incident details (1955, 1962, 1982, 1989, 2021) are well documented; exact modernization-program dollar figures may have been revised in later official reporting.