Airport Hero Honolulu

Airport Hero Honolulu, officially known as Airport Hero Hawaii, is the first game in the mainstream Airport Hero series.

Game Information

This game is set in Honolulu (Daniel K. Inouye) International Airport on Oahu Island, Hawaii. The airport has 4 runways and 2 water runways. One of the runways is on an artificial island. This game doesn't have many airlines but it is the only game to feature private aircraft. This game is also known for the Go-Around Glitch.

This game also features:

Many different types of aircraft, from PA-28s to 747s
7 airlines and 4 private planes
3 usable runways
Specials gates for commuter planes
Airport ground services
Recreations of Hawaiian sights, such as Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head

Game Description

(From official page)

“I'm an air traffic controller: Airport Hero” is a game where the player, as the title states, becomes an air traffic controller.

You have to give the appropriate commands to the airport and airplanes, which are recreated rich in details, in order to complete each stage.

Be careful not to give commands that may result in a head-on collision on the ground or an accident in the air. Also, the commands have to be on time so that the frustration levels of the pilots and passengers are within the allowed range.

It’s an intellectual game that requires reading the movements of each aircraft.

Airport Information

An OahuAir Boeing 767 lifts off from Honolulu on a brilliant sunny day.

A Unicorn Airlines 767 after a trip from Newark, NJ.

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the principal aviation gateway of the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu in the State of Hawaii. Daniel K. Inouye International Airport offers nonstop flights to numerous destinations in North America, Asia, and Oceania. The airport serves as the principal hub of Hawaiian Airlines and is also a base for Aloha Air Cargo. The airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a large-hub primary commercial service facility.

Terminal 1 opened in 1993 and has 13 gates. The $130 million 8-gate terminal was the largest construction project undertaken at that time by the State Airports Division and replaced an earlier terminal built in 1961. In 1995, a 5-gate extension to the terminal, which also featured a new post-security walkway to Terminal 2 (formerly known as the "Overseas Terminal") opened.

Terminal 2 opened in 1962 and has 29 gates. From 1970 through 1978, architect Vladimir Ossipoff designed a terminal modernization project that remodeled this terminal and created several additions, which included the Diamond Head Concourse in 1970, the Ewa Concourse in 1972, and the Central Concourse in 1980.

Terminal 3 opened in 2018 between the Delta and United Cargo facilities on the Diamond Head side of the airport. The terminal was originally a single-story facility located north of Terminal 1 adjacent to Nimitz Highway, but this older facility was closed on June 1, 2018 for demolition in order to make way for the Mauka Concourse expansion of Terminal 1. Originally a larger replacement commuter terminal was planned to be built on the Diamond Head side of the airport, but those plans were ultimately canceled. This was largely due to bankruptcy of three of the four airlines occupying the terminal and the higher-than-expected cost of the project.

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Airport Hero Hawaii gameplay

A private plane sits in the shadow of two Ocean Cargo MD-11 freighters.

A Taiwan Southern jumbo jet lifts off from Honolulu

Terminals

Runways

8L/26R (26R is not usable)
8R/26L
4R/22L
4L/22R (only for small aircraft)

Airlines

You will see the following airlines at Honolulu

Features

Private Aircraft

The only game in the series to have private aircraft. Future games may have them, but it depends on the airport they choose. A large airport like New York or Heathrow will not have them. The two land-based private planes are N9198Z and N594Z.

Seaplanes

Also, the only game to feature seaplanes. It had N322W and N3026C (the Air Sonic seaplane). Seaplanes must be relevant to the airport to be able to appear in future games. Seaplanes would never appear in a landlocked airport, for example.

Scenery

The game has very good scenic details. They have recreated many Hawaiian landmarks in the game. You can see Waikiki Beach, Pearl Harbor (with battleships in it) Diamond Head, a waterfront hotel, sailboats in the ocean, as well as Hawaii's lush forests. These are best seen with the sightseeing planes as they fly fairly low.

Camera Views

This game started the tradition of the helpful tower view. These features were not present in Airport Hero games exclusive to Japan.

Airserves

AH Honolulu started the air service feature, where planes could be towed across the airport to add more to the control experience.

Crew Members/Developers

Director: Hideaki Kodaka

Scriptor: Takahiro Nukami

Producer: -Hideaki Takahashi

Executive Producer:

-Kiyoshi Okawa

Music Composer:

-Naoyoshi Yamamoto (Main)

-Yuya Ogawa

-Syuji Ishiguro

Digital Engineers:

-Tomotaka Osaki

-Yuki Karino

-Mitsuhiro Nioka

Voice-Actors (Recruits and Pilots):

-Hiroyuki Nakagawa

-Aya Kobayashi

-Tomomi Taga

-Mike McGowan

-Victoria Lloyd

Modelling Enginners:

-Hiroki Hazama

-Mika Takagi

Graphic Designers:

-Takumi Iwami

-Masanori Nakashima

Art Designer:

-Ryo Asaba

Quality Controller:

-Koji Hashimoto Cooperation/Special Thanks:

-Technobrain Co. Ltd

-Airsonic Co. Ltd

-River Studio Inc.

Credit to all these great people who worked hard on this project and making it become a success.