Honolulu Airport
Lasting Impressions....
Good times
by ?
"Not a bad place to crash if you need a cheap place to stay for the night. The benches aren't the greatest, but the weather is great, and the entire airport is pretty much outside (no walls), so it is almost like camping. The airport pretty much closes down at midnight, and many of the lights go out. Then you pass out, and have the sun wake you up in the morning so you can catch your early flight. Best part is, you can crash anywhere in the airport, and no security or anything will bother you. Only problem with the place is that since it is opened up to the outside, it can get pretty noisy with all the planes taking off."
Not a bad place, but not great either
by o1maria
Traveling on a standby ticket and too cheap for a hotel, so I just stayed in the secured area and tried to konk out on a concrete slab of a seat. They close all the boarding gates off in the part of the terminal that serves flights from the mainland, so they were the only option as everything was gone by time I got in at 1am. The cleaning guy was very friendly and told me what was open and that it was fine if I slept in the airport. Overall, clean and safe place, but very uncomfortable.
Um, you may want to rethink sleeping in this place
by branden
I arrived around 9pm with morning flight at 5:15am. Unfortunately the airport now closes after 11pm, so I was shut out of all buildings. Fortunately, nighttime temperatures in Hawaii are pleasant. The courtyard gardens which were mentioned by other posters are -inside- security, which you'll have to exit to pick up your baggage. If you have a boarding pass for an ongoing flight you /may/ be able to sleep in one of these dark & quiet places on a wood bench. I arrived after the ticket counter of my ongoing flight's airline had closed, so I was unable to try that. The friendly security guard I spoke with told me that I was welcome to sleep outside the airport, near the curb. I found a springy wood bench 50' from the road between the off-island and Aloha/Hawaiian terminals. The area was well enough lit to feel safe but not too bright to sleep. The many security guards never bugged me but stared a lot. After the first 3000 repetitions, I slept about 2 hours through the announcements."
Airport Guide
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- cement benches at check-in
- seating with armrests
- wood benches
- no food pre-security
- quiet gardens post-security
