Originally Posted by
westleyl
I flew this route a few weeks ago. Our plane arrived around 2AM in HNL. I was able to get back inside the airport through an open security checkpoint area that was near the 6-11 gates. The TSA must have been bored, they were really chatty and friendly.
Yeah, the baggage claim down at the United end of the terminal was actually open on the side, but the ominous warning on the door upstairs about the public being in the terminal from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. made me decide that I didn't want to get caught inside the terminal.