To keep pace with the ever rising growth of tourism enterprises and variety of agricultural as well as small scale industries the Lihue Airport is designed with a number of cutting edge technology and systems. This small but well equipped Airport is situated just about 2.5 kilometer east of Lihue City, which is actually the southeastern seashore of Kauai Island.
More than 870 acres of area of this Airport operates passenger as well as freight services. Managed by Hawaii Department of Transportation the airstrip facilities of Lihue Airport incorporate two runways, ‘Fire Category'-D,' 'Helipads' and ‘airport traffic control tower', and more than one terminal building. Although the Airport is not yet considered as an airport hub by any Airways, but a number of well liked Air Carriers regularly serve passengers from this Lihue Airport. The names of these eminent air carriers are as following:
- Go!
- Aloha Airlines
- Ryan Air
- U.S. Airways
- Island Air
- Mokulele Airlines
- United Airlines
- American Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Mesa Airlines
Among the array of Air carriers operates their flight services to several significant destinations as Los Angeles, Arizona, Phoenix and San Francisco.
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Other than those general aviation services the airfield of this Lihue airport provides the ‘air taxi' and Helicopter aviation facilities.
The most essential and significant services provided by Lihue Airport are:
- Airlines Lounges (Aloha Airlines Executive Club and Hawaiian Air Premier Club)
- Mail box Services
- Lost and Found facility
- Special Public Parking facility
- Daily Flight Information for Visitors
- Dazzling Food joints and Shop facility (HMS Host restaurant, Travel Traders and Lihue Airport Newsstand)
The exotic and convenient location of Lihue Airport encourages a number of first rate car rental agencies to offer the holiday makers an array of rental vehicles as van, jeep and car. The listing of those car rental agencies includes Dollar Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent-A-Car, National Rent-A-car and Budget Rent-A-Car. Other than that, after arriving at the airport the renowned Marriot Hotel provides ‘shuttle services' to the passengers very frequently. A number of Group Tour information is also proffered to the vacationers who get into the airport as Roberts of Hawaii tours, Polynesian Adventure and Kauai Island Tours.
Thus the airport has linked up Lihue with other parts of Hawaii as well as United States of America and helps the tourists to explore Lihue and its itineraries.
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