Originally Posted by
Boofer
Ages ago, it was much more common to have to connect at HNL to get to popular destinations on the other islands, at least when flying from the mainland. Now, UA and others offer several nonstops options to OGG, LIH, KOA, and ITO. Does this change the urgency or the design for HNL renovations?
No it doesn’t. HNL is still the flagship by far. It needs to function properly.
Though I too admit grading all Hawaii airports on a huge curve (overlook the warts) because Hawaii. IAD gets zero slack from me OTOH.