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LĪHUʻE – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) held a blessing for recent improvements to the Lῑhuʻe Airport (LIH) ticket lobby. The improvements increased the useable area of the LIH ticket lobby by relocating United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) baggage screening equipment and filling in four garden areas. The $8.5 million project was funded ...
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LĪHUʻE – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) alerts travelers that public parking at Lῑhuʻe Airport (LIH) is full as of 11 a.m. Friday, March 18, 2022. Parking is expected to be in short supply over the next two weekends due to Spring Break travel. Departing travelers are asked to get dropped off at the ...
Read More Public parking at Lῑhuʻe Airport in short supply

HILO – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division wants to inform the public living around the Hilo Airport (ITO) of three days of training by the Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG). The local training exercise will run from March 3 to 6. Hilo residents, and other residents of Hawai‘i Island, can expect increased ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division has launched a new state of the art AED Cabinet Alert System that will immediately notify key personnel of an AED cabinet door opening or an AED being removed at Daniel K. International Airport (HNL). This system will also provide additional security for the AEDs ...
Read More Alerting sensors added to lifesaving machines at Honolulu Airport

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Ewa residents of an expected increase in air traffic over the area due to repair work on two runways at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL). Runways 4R and 4L will be shut down from 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, through 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, ...
Read More Repair work on HNL Runways 4R and 4L may result in increased air traffic over Ewa

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is alerting the Mokuleia community of airfield work scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8 between 3 p.m. and 2 a.m. at Dillingham (Kawaihapai) Airfield. Construction equipment and vehicles will be traveling the area during the night work to facilitate repaving of a 50-foot-wide, 200-foot-long section of the runway. ...
Read More Night work at Dillingham Airfield Tuesday, Feb. 8th

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce that the Airports Division has successfully sold new airports system revenue bonds to deliver critical funding for projects that will continue to modernize and expand air service facilities across the State.  At the same time, the Airports Division took advantage of low interest ...
Read More Airports Division takes advantage of low rates to fund 0 million of projects

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has completed replacement of the three pedestrian bridges connecting the Terminal 2 ticket lobbies to the parking structure at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL). “The new pedestrian bridges were a necessary upgrade to our facilities at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport,” said Ross Higashi, ...
Read More HNL pedestrian bridge replacements completed

Number of travelers may approach pre-pandemic counts HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division alerts travelers of limited parking at the five main airports across the state during the holiday season due to an anticipated increase in airline passengers. All five of Hawaii’s major airports, Honolulu (HNL), Kahului (OGG), Kona (KOA), Hilo ...
Read More HDOT warns travelers of limited parking at Hawaii airports during holiday season

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) and its federal, state, county and community partners remind Hawaiʻi motorists to move over or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles during Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 8-14. The first initiative to raise awareness of the need to give responders space to safely work on the side ...
Read More Motorists reminded to move over for responders during Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 8-14