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LIH AIRPORT & FLIGHT STATUS

Lihue LIH Airport Overview

Lihue Airport LIH serves the island of Kauai, which is the farthest island to the west of the Hawaiian chain, and is gateway to the island's great beaches, Waimea Canyon, and awesome screnery. Lihue Airport provides passenger and aircraft facilities for domestic & overseas carriers, inter-island carriers, commuter/air taxi, air cargo, and general aviation activities.
The small Airport is located 1.5 miles east of the city of Lihue, on Kauai's southeast coast, and can be accessed via Ahukini Road 570, which extends from Kapule Hwy. 51..

With two runways, and an estimated 2.95 million passengers a year, Lihue Airport is served by major airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all parts of the globe. 

The passenger terminal at Lihue Airport is accessed by a one-way loop roadway branching off Ahukini Road and encircling a public parking lot.  (For more information, please refer to'Terminal Map' page.) 

Parking options at Lihue Airport: Parking is available in front of the terminal, with the entrance being off Mokulele Loop. (For more information, please refer to 'Airport Parking' page.) 

While all rental car desks
at Lihue Airport are located across from the passenger terminal, Thrifty & National rental car agencies are located off-airport and are served by a shuttle bus. Budget, Alamo, Herz & Dollar offer pick-ups and drop-offs at destinated areas across from the employee parking lots.

To get from Lihue Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxis, a shuttle, a hotel courtesy shuttle, or a bus:
The Public Kauai County Bus (808-241-6410; fax 6417, email TheKauaiBus@kauai.gov or visit www.kauai.gov/Transportation), operates daily, via both a fixed route & a Parartansit  bus. It also provides bus service to the Airport and limited service to Koloa and Poipu.
Fixed route service is available on weekdays 5:27am-10:40pm and weeends/ Holiays 6:21am-5:50pm.  Curbside buses display destination and route number. For Paratransit service, door-to-door send an e-mail 24 hours ahead of needed service.

NOTE: For developments regarding the Kaua'i Multimodal Land Transportation Plan, visit (http://) movekauai.net.


  • Address:
    3901 Mokulele Loop 6
    Lihue, HI 96766
    United States
  • Website for Lihue: http://hawaii.gov/lih/
  • Phone: 808274-3800

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Lihue LIH Airport Update History

  • Updated LIH Airport Intro page - Mar 30, 2013
  • Updated LIH Airports page - Mar 30, 2013
  • Updated LIH Main Terminals page - Mar 30, 2013
  • Updated LIH Official Website Links page - Mar 30, 2013
  • Updated LIH Direct Flights page - Mar 25, 2013
  • Updated LIH Parking On site page - Mar 23, 2013
  • Updated LIH Food & Stores page - Mar 8, 2013