| Air | | | | Aiea and beyond, eventually running through |
| | | | the center of the island and ending in |
| Located on the western end of Honolulu | | | | Kaneohe. |
| proper, Honolulu International Airport (HNL) | | | | |
| is the principal aviation gateway to the | | | | Like most major American cities, the Honolulu |
| state of Hawaii. | | | | metropolitan area experiences heavy traffic |
| | | | congestion during rush hours, especially to |
| Highways | | | | and from the western suburbs of Kapolei, Ewa, |
| | | | Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, and Mililani. Land |
| Four freeways serve Honolulu: | | | | for expanding road capacity is at a premium |
| | | | everywhere on Oahu. |
| Interstate H-1, which, coming into the city | | | | |
| from the west, passes Hickam Air Force Base | | | | Public transportation |
| and Honolulu International Airport, runs just | | | | |
| north of Downtown and continues eastward | | | | Established by former Mayor Frank F. Fasi, |
| through Makiki and Kaimuki, ending at Waialae | | | | Honolulu's public transit system has been |
| Kahala. West of the city proper, H-1 connects | | | | twice honored by the American Public |
| to Interstate H-2 from Wahiawa and Interstate | | | | Transportation Association bestowing the |
| H-3 from Kaneohe. | | | | title of "America's Best Transit System" for |
| | | | 1994-1995 and 2000-2001. Oahu Transit |
| Interstate H-201-also known as the Moanalua | | | | Services' "TheBus" operates 93 routes with a |
| Freeway and formerly numbered Hawaii State | | | | fleet of 525 buses. |
| Rte. 78-connects two points along H-1: at | | | | |
| Aloha Stadium and Fort Shafter. Close to H-1 | | | | Currently, there is no fixed-rail mass |
| and Aloha Stadium, H-201 has an exchange with | | | | transit system in Honolulu. However, in 2004, |
| the western terminus of Interstate H-3 to the | | | | the City & County of Honolulu and the State |
| windward side of Oahu (Kaneohe). This complex | | | | of Hawaii approved development of an action |
| of connecting ramps, some directly between | | | | plan for a fixed rail mass transit system to |
| H-1 and H-3, is in Halawa. | | | | be built in several phases. The initial line |
| | | | could link Kapolei in West Oahu to UH Manoa. |
| Other major highways that link Honolulu | | | | Several attempts had been made since the |
| proper with other parts of the Island of Oahu | | | | 1980s and 1990s to construct a fixed rail |
| are: | | | | mass transit system but stalled during |
| | | | Honolulu City Council hearings. However, on |
| Pali Highway, State Rte. 61, crosses north | | | | December 22, 2006, Honolulu City Council |
| over the Koolau range via the Pali Tunnels to | | | | approved a fixed-guideway system that will |
| connect to Kailua and Kaneohe on the windward | | | | accommodate either rail or buses, that runs |
| side of the Island. | | | | from Kapolei in West Oahu to UH Manoa, with a |
| | | | spur into Waikiki. |
| Likelike Highway, State Rte. 63, also crosses | | | | |
| the Koolau to Kaneohe via the Wilson Tunnels. | | | | Also in 2004, construction had started on a |
| | | | bus rapid transit (BRT) system using |
| | | | dedicated rights-of-way for buses. The |
| Kalanianaole Highway, State Rte. 72, runs | | | | system, proposed by former Mayor Jeremy |
| eastward from Waialae/Kahala to Hawaii Kai | | | | Harris, was expected to link the Iwilei |
| and around the east end of the island to | | | | neighborhood with Waikiki. However, current |
| Waimanalo Beach. | | | | Mayor Mufi Hannemann has largely dismantled |
| | | | the BRT system and deployed its buses along |
| Kamehameha Highway, State Rte. 99, runs | | | | other express bus routes. |
| westward from near Hickam Air Force Base to | | | | |