AviatDataHoniara International Airport (Henderson Field) HIR / AGGH
Honiara, Guadalcanal · Solomon Islands · Solomon Islands Airports Corporation Limited (SIACL) — state-owned airport operator, reportedly under the Ministry of Communication and Aviation (exact statutory basis, e.g. State Owned Enterprises Act framing, not independently confirmed). Solomon Islands is a ratifying member of the Pacific Islands Civil Aviation Safety and Security Treaty, under which the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO, Vanuatu-based) provides regional safety oversight; a distinct domestic regulator acronym such as 'CAASI' could not be independently verified and should be confirmed against SIACL/Ministry primary sources before publishing.
250kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas
ICAO / IATAAGGH / HIR
OperatorSolomon Islands Airports Corporation Limited (SIACL) — state-owned airport operator, reportedly under the Ministry of Communication and Aviation (exact statutory basis, e.g. State Owned Enterprises Act framing, not independently confirmed). Solomon Islands is a ratifying member of the Pacific Islands Civil Aviation Safety and Security Treaty, under which the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO, Vanuatu-based) provides regional safety oversight; a distinct domestic regulator acronym such as 'CAASI' could not be independently verified and should be confirmed against SIACL/Ministry primary sources before publishing.
Coordinates9.4281°S, 160.0547°E
Elevation28 ft · 9 m
Time zoneSBT (UTC+11, no DST)
Passengers / yr250,000 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas
Bonded—
AIP referenceAGGH — AIP Solomon Islands (Ministry of Communication and Aviation, Air Traffic Services Division) — publishing authority name not independently confirmed
Operating hoursNot confirmed H24 — ops keyed to scheduled flight banks (approx. 0600-1900 local); PPR advised for GA/charter outside published schedule
TerminalsSingle combined terminal building. Ceiling damage from the Nov 2022 M7.0 Guadalcanal earthquake (epicenter approx. 57km SW of Honiara) was confirmed and subsequently repaired. A claimed JICA-funded upgrade (separate international departure hall added, domestic terminal renovated) ahead of the November 2023 Pacific Games could not be independently verified — treat as unconfirmed pending a primary source.
Runways (1)
- 06/24 · 2,200 m / 7,218 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Confirmed via Wikipedia/OurAirports/SIACL: ICAO AGGH, coords -9.42806/160.05472, elevation 28ft, single 2,200m/7,218ft asphalt runway 06/24, no ILS. Sole international gateway for the Solomon Islands, connecting to Brisbane (QantasLink), Port Moresby (Air Niugini, Solomon Airlines) and Port Vila (Air Niugini) — this route list matches current published schedules. Passenger figure is an UNVERIFIED 2024 estimate — no official SIACL annual traffic statistics were located; one unofficial tourism-sector source cites approx. 300,000 total annual passengers including domestic network traffic. Operator governance detail and the domestic aviation-safety-regulator name/acronym are UNCONFIRMED (see operator/aip fields) — verify against SIACL or Solomon Islands government primary sources before treating as fact.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available
Solomon Airlines Ltd
Main ground handling agent for all international carriers and charters at Honiara (Henderson) International Airport since 1986, covering passenger, ramp, baggage and aircraft turnaround; confirmed at flysolomons.com/explore/ground-handling and /bookings/ground-handling. Ground Handling Team tel (••• / mobile (•••; Baggage Services mobile (•••. No named individual contact is published on the source pages.
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Aircraft fuel
Available
South Pacific Oil Ltd (SPO)
Aviation fuel (Jet A-1) supplier at Honiara (Henderson) International Airport; per the Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment (logcluster.org, section 3.1 Solomon Islands Fuel), SPO discharges aviation fuel at the Port of Honiara through a submarine pipeline kept separate from the pipes used for diesel and petrol, and delivers it to the airport by dedicated tanker — consistent with an into-plane agent role. SPO's own site (spo.com.sb) additionally claims 55+ years as sole aviation-fuel supplier, succession from Shell Pacific Islands, an 8-tanker fleet and Avgas supply; the site could not be reached to independently re-verify those specific figures, though SPO's position as the aviation fuel handler at HIR is corroborated independently.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed
Solomon Airlines Ltd
In-house engineering staff perform scheduled transit/line maintenance on Solomon Airlines' own Honiara-based fleet; the airline's sole DHC-8-100 began a scheduled C-check around 11 April 2026 and, per ch-aviation reporting from August 2026, remained out of service months later amid wider fleet disruptions. No external MRO/engineering company is named in available reporting (the "Vector Engineering" detail in an earlier draft could not be verified and has been removed). Unconfirmed whether commercial line maintenance is offered to other operators at HIR.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Unconfirmed
Heritage Park Hotel
Operates the Belama Lounge — Solomon Airlines' branded VIP airport lounge — inside Honiara International Airport, with a "pre-order & collect at airport" dining service (confirmed at heritageparkhotel.com.sb/dine). An earlier draft's specific claim that Heritage Park Hotel is Solomon Airlines' flight-kitchen caterer, credited on its in-flight menu alongside Alpha Flight Services (Brisbane) and Air Terminal Service (Nadi), could not be independently confirmed — no source was found crediting HPH as an in-flight caterer beyond this airport lounge food service.
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Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Available
Solomon Airlines Ltd
Operates ground support equipment (aircraft tow tractor, air start unit, ground power unit, diesel-hybrid ground power unit, transformer rectifier unit) manufactured by Shanghai Cartoo Machinery Company Limited and financed by the World Bank under the Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2); the equipment arrived 30 Dec 2025 and was formally handed over from the Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA) to Solomon Airlines at a ceremony at Honiara International Airport on 12 January 2026, to strengthen turnaround and ground-handling operations. Confirmed via MCA/SIRAP2 reporting (conven.org, theislandsun.com.sb).
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Cargo handling
Available
Solomon Airlines Ltd
Operates the Solomon Airlines cargo terminal located close to Honiara International Airport, comprising a cargo handling area and a bonded warehouse, for domestic and international freight; confirmed via the Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment (logcluster.org, section 2.2.1 Honiara International Airport).
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Aviation security
Available
Solomon Islands Airports Corporation Limited (SIACL)
State-owned airport operator for Honiara International Airport. Per Solomon Star News and industry reporting (Feb 2025) on a New Zealand MFAT / Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand partnership with SIACL, new aviation-security screening equipment was installed at Henderson (Honiara) International Airport, with NZ providing technical/operational training (equipment maintenance, passenger-screening techniques, international security protocols) under a three-year funding agreement covering Honiara and Munda airports. SIACL's broader remit is understood to include firefighting/rescue and technical airport management, but that was not (mca.gov.sb pages were unreachable).
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Passenger & crew transport
Available
Avis Solomon Islands
Operates the Avis rental-car counter inside the Honiara International Airport terminal building (Airline Passengers Only), open 24 hours daily; confirmed on Avis's own location listing (avis.com), phone (•••. Usable for crew/passenger ground transport; a dedicated shuttle/off-airport pick-up service was not independently confirmed. · 24 hours
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Unconfirmed
Solomon Islands Terminal Services
Listed as the FBO/handler for Henderson/Honiara (ICAO AGGH) in the AC-U-KWIK industry directory used for flight planning, offering FBO/handler, pilot services, aircraft services and fuel coordination for general/business aviation. The listing itself is confirmed to exist (acukwik.com/Basic-Info/AGGH/SOLOMON-ISLANDS-TERMINAL-SERVICES), but AC-U-KWIK gates the actual address/phone/contact fields behind a login, so they could not be independently confirmed beyond the directory entry.
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Verified 2 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
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