The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation will temporarily close Runway 8R/26L at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for taxiway and runway repairs. All other runways at HNL will be available for operations and HDOT has coordinated with airlines and other partners to minimize impacts to flights.
Honolulu will be the latest U.S. city to use facial biometrics to scan international arrivals.
The state Department of Transportation says the Simplified Arrival Program is coming to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
Simplified Arrival uses facial biometrics to automate the manual document checks required for entry into the country. It also fulfills a Congressional mandate to biometrically record entry and exit of non-U.S. citizens.
The Simplified Arrival program is funded and maintained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The new system will replace the airport’s current Automated Passport Control kiosks, which are funded and maintained by the state D-O-T Airports Division. The kiosks were activated in February 2016.