Live flights at Honiara International Airport (HIR)

HIR AGGH  Honiara, SB

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HIR at a glance

  • What it is: Honiara International Airport is a regional airport serving Honiara, SB.
  • Codes: HIR on your ticket, AGGH on the radar.
  • Size: 1 runway at 28 ft above sea level.
  • Local time zone: Pacific/Guadalcanal (UTC+11), so every time shown for HIR is local rather than UTC.
1
Runways
28 ft
Field elevation

About Honiara International Airport

Honiara International Airport lies in the tropics at 9.43° S, 160.05° E, on Pacific/Guadalcanal time (UTC+11). Tropical airports contend with heat and humidity, both of which thin the air and lengthen takeoff runs, and with convective storms that build fast in the afternoon.

Honiara International Airport has 1 runway. The longest, 06/24, measures 7,218 ft by 148 ft, which puts the field in the narrowbody standard category: the A320 and 737 families are at home here; widebodies would be tight. The surface is asphalt. It is lit for night operations.

Runway 06/24 is aligned roughly east/west, which is the clearest hint you get about the prevailing wind here: runways are built to face the wind that blows most often, because aircraft take off and land into it. Every runway here shares that east/west alignment, so a strong crosswind means a crosswind landing rather than a switch to another strip.

Runways at HIR

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLighting
06/24 7,218 ft (2,200 m) 148 ft Asphalt Lit

Runway numbers are the magnetic heading rounded to ten degrees, which is why they change when the magnetic field drifts - runway numbers explained.

IATA / ICAO
HIR / AGGH
Location
Honiara, SB -9.428, 160.055
Time zone
Pacific/Guadalcanal
Opened
Website

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How a field like this runs day to day is covered in how airports work. The codes HIR and AGGH are explained in airport codes decoded.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

This profile is generated from the airport's published coordinates, elevation and runway records. It does not claim live terminal or passenger totals.

Read our airport data sourcing and review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

Frequently asked questions about HIR

What is the airport code for Honiara International Airport?

Honiara International Airport uses the IATA code HIR on tickets and baggage tags, and the ICAO code AGGH in flight plans and on radar. The leading “A” in AGGH is the region marker: ICAO codes are grouped geographically, which is why airports near each other usually share their first letter or two while their IATA codes look unrelated.

How many runways does HIR have?

Honiara International Airport operates 1 runway. The field sits at 28 ft above sea level.

What time zone is HIR in?

Honiara International Airport operates on Pacific/Guadalcanal local time. Scheduled departure and arrival times for this airport are always published in local time, not UTC.

Can I track flights at HIR live?

Yes. The map on this page shows every aircraft broadcasting its position within about 55 km of Honiara International Airport. The boards split them into departures, arrivals and traffic passing overhead, all timed in Pacific/Guadalcanal.