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Honiara International airport (Solomon Islands)
Honiara International airport is located near Honiara, with Motombulu at 1mi↑, Tamatangga at 7mi↑, Honiara at 7mi↑, Tulaghi at 24mi↑, Kukumu at 63mi↑, Auki at 64mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Solomon Islands and Southernmost airports in Solomon Islands
→ See also airports in Solomon Islands
aerial view of Honiara International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : AGGH
- IATA code : HIR
- Local code : -
Elevation : 9 m = 30ft
→ See also Highest airports in Solomon Islands and Lowest airports in Solomon Islands
Runways
- runway 06/24 : 2200m = 7218ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Solomon Islands
Coming to Honiara International airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Honiara International airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Tulaghi heliport at 23mi : book on Trip.com
- Babanakira airport at 27mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Honiara International airport AGGH HIR
METAR for Honiara International airport AGGH HIR
AGGH 140400Z 36007KT 9999 FEW008 FEW021CB 31/24 Q1008
Decoded METAR for Honiara International airport AGGH HIR
METAR issued by AGGH on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 04:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 42 hours and -1383 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 31°C = 88°F, dew point is 24°C = 75°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 66 %.
QNH is 1008hPa = 29.77inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt, direction is 360°.
Clouds : few clouds at 800ft = 240m. few clouds at 2100ft = 640m.
Caution : Aviation weather reports the presence of cumulonimbus (CB) clouds, which are known to be dangerous for aircraft because they are associated with winds that can be violent and that change speed and direction very quickly, horizontally and vertically (updrafts and downdrafts). They are also associated with thunderstorms, rain showers and hail that can be violent. It is therefore recommended to avoid them as much as possible.TAF for Honiara International airport AGGH HIR
AGGH 130520Z 1306/1406 05010KT 9999 SHRA FEW018 SCT029 BKN100 PROB40 INTER 1306/1308 5000 SHRA SCT016 SCT029 BKN100 FM131000 110105KT 9999 FEW016 SCT028
Decoded TAF for Honiara International airport AGGH HIR
TAF issued by AGGH on Monday, October 13, 2025 at 05:20 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 17 hours and 37 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, October 13, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Monday, October 13, 2025 à 10:00 heure UTC
1306/1406 05010KT 9999 SHRA FEW018 SCT029 BKN100
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 50°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
shower rain
few clouds at 1800ft = 550m scattered clouds at 2900ft = 880m broken at 10000ft = 3050m
probability of 40% to have from Monday, October 13, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Monday, October 13, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
PROB40 INTER 1306/1308 5000 SHRA SCT016 SCT029 BKN100
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
shower rain
scattered clouds at 1600ft = 490m scattered clouds at 2900ft = 880m broken at 10000ft = 3050m
from Monday, October 13, 2025 à 10:00 heure TU to Tuesday, October 14, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM131000 110105KT 9999 FEW016 SCT028
wind 105kt = 194km/h, direction is 110°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 1600ft = 490m scattered clouds at 2800ft = 850m
NOTAM for Honiara International airport
Around Honiara International airport (Solomon Islands)
near
- Hotels in Motombulu
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4404mi↑
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 8461mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 8504mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 9292mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 9292mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 9315mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 9320mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 9328mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 9335mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 9336mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 9337mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 9339mi↑
- for Honiara International airport at 0mi↑
- for Tulaghi airport at 23mi↑
- for Babanakira airport at 27mi↑
nearest airports to Honiara International airport (Solomon Islands)
- Tulaghi heliport (AGTI TLG AGTI) at 23mi↑NOTAM
- Mbambanakira airport (AGGD MBU ) at 27mi↑NOTAM
- Babanakira airport (AGGI MBU AGGI) at 27mi↑NOTAM
- Anuha Island Resort airport ( ) at 32mi↑defunct airport
- Avu airport (AGGJ AVU ) at 39mi↑NOTAM
- Honiara airport (AGGG ) at 60mi↑NOTAM
- Marau airport (AGGU RUS ) at 60mi↑NOTAM
- Yandina airport (AGGY XYA ) at 62mi↑NOTAM
- Afutara airport (AGAF AFT ) at 63mi↑NOTAM
- Gwaunaru'u airport (AGGA AKS ) at 66mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Solomon Islands
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap