VATSIM Sunday, October 18, PHLI, Lihue, Hawaii

Līhuʻe Airport (IATA: LIH, ICAO: PHLI, FAA LID: LIH) is a state-owned public-use airport located in the Līhuʻe CDP on the southeast coast of the island of Kauaʻi in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii, United States, two nautical miles east of the center of the CDP.^[1][3]

The airport does not serve as a hub for any airline carrier. Numerous inter-island flights are available daily on Hawaiian Airlines and Southwest Airlines. Major US and Canadian airlines operate flights on narrow-body aircraft to major cities in western mainland North America.

The airport is mostly un-walled and open-air, and the check-in is completely outside. The airport is the primary gateway to Kauai for visitors (especially tourists), and has several rental car facilities. Five motion pictures have filmed scenes at the Līhuʻe Airport: Blue Hawaii, Honeymoon in Vegas, Six Days Seven Nights, Soul Surfer, and The Descendants. In a deleted scene of the film Lilo & Stitch; Stitch, Nani, Jumba, and Pleakley hijacked a Boeing 747 jet from this airport, scraping against buildings through downtown Honolulu. After the September 11 attacks, with only a few weeks left in production, the climax was completely reworked to have them use Jumba's spacecraft, and through the Kauaʻi mountains.^[4]

Līhuʻe Airport covers an area of 915 acres (370 hectares) at an elevation of 153 feet (47 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways designated 3/21 and 17/35, each measuring 6,500 by 150 feet (1,981 by 46 m). The airport also has one helipad measuring 64 by 64 feet (20 by 20 m).^[1][6]

35 has an ILS while 17 and 21 are RNAV.  Please monitor and communicate on 122.80 and the CTAF is 118.90 if no ATC. Leave from anywhere (relaxed event rules) to arrive between 21:00Z and 22:00Z.  Great spot to brush-up on our VFR, low and slow.