# Honiara International Airport (HIR)

> Honiara, SB · IATA: HIR · ICAO: AGGH · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `HIR` |
| ICAO | `AGGH` |
| City | Honiara |
| Country | SB |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 9 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | -9.42800, 160.05499 |

## Description

Just 428 tonnes — that was the combined air freight handled across all Solomon Islands airports in pandemic-hit 2020, down from about 835 tonnes a year earlier, a scale that frames Honiara International (HIR) honestly. The country's main international airport sits on Guadalcanal east of the capital, with Munda Airport as its alternate, and traces its origins to wartime Henderson Field. Solomon Airlines bases itself here, joined by Qantas, Air Niugini and Fiji Airways on routes to Brisbane, Port Moresby and Nadi. Cargo moves mainly as belly freight on these services, supported by a dedicated apron-side cargo area with a bonded warehouse and basic handling gear run by Solomon Airlines. The islands' marquee exports — tuna from one of the Pacific's richest fishing zones, plus tropical timber and palm oil — travel largely by sea rather than air. For forwarders, HIR is a dependable but capacity-limited point of entry, with Brisbane the nearest major cargo gateway.

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