Hawaii from the Sky

Airports

See the amazing views from the "front office" of an airplane as you land and takeoff from the Honolulu, Oahu (PHNL) and Kahului, Maui (PHOG) airports.

A view from the "front office," departing Honolulu on a sunny morning, with the Ko'olau mountains ahead . . .
Kahului airport at dawn
Waiting to depart Runway 4Left Honolulu airport, Ko'olau mountains ahead . . .
Landing Honolulu 4Right in the morning light . . .
Can you see that guy? We're following a Shorts 360 on approach to Runway 4R in Honolulu on a misty morning . . .
Southwest B737 in Kahului, in the morning with "rainbows" in the sky and on on the plane . . .
Just about to touchdown, B747, at Honolulu airport, the wind is down the runway . . .
Iao Valley is seen above the Kahului, Maui airport in the early morning light . . .
Departing Maui Runway 2, in the early morning . . .
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) team practicing extinguishing a fire in a mock airplane fuselage at Kahului airport . . .
Departing Runway 2, Kahului, Maui in the early morning . . .
A beautiful morning at the Kahului airport, as a Southwest B737 is taking off into a beautiful blue sky, while the grass cutter tends the areas between the runway and taxiway . . .
A Hawaiian airlines B717 lands at Kahului airport on a wet runway, kicking up the mist . . .
At about 600 feet, on short approach to Runway 2 at Kahului, Maui airport on a beautiful morning . . .
On 8/21/23 President Biden visited Maui to assess the damage caused by the wildfire disaster . . . These Bell Boeing V22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft accompanied him . . .
Air Force One, in this case a B757 (also known as a Boeing C-32) , lands on Maui with President Biden to assess the wildfire damage . . .
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters accompanied President Biden on his visit to Maui . . .
Coming in for landing, overflying the reef runway, as a ship leaves Pearl Harbor . . .
Looking down from 9000 feet, in the late morning at the Honolulu airport and the beautiful blue ocean . . .