Honolulu airport to have new name soon

The Honolulu International Airport’s name will be officially changed at a ceremony on Memorial Day weekend, but the new sign is already up on the main airport building.

The sign, changed in the last several days, now reads Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, in honor of the late U.S. senator.

The Federal Aviation Administration began using the new name April 27, but the state Department of Transportation said the official name change won’t occur until a ceremony at the end of this month.

Hawaii’s largest airport opened in March 1927 as John Rodgers Airport. It was named in honor of the late Cmdr. John Rodgers, who led the first attempt to fly from the mainland to Hawaii in 1925. His plane ran out of fuel and was ditched in the ocean about 365 miles from Oahu. Rodgers and his crew were rescued after 10 days at sea.

John Rodgers Airport was renamed Honolulu Airport in 1947 and then became Hono­lulu International Airport in 1951.

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