HNL Terminal Upgrades

The Center Concourse in the Overseas Terminal has been outfitted with LCD screens through out the entire concourse. Each gate now has 2 LCD screens, one over the gate counter and one by the jetway doors. The screens still display the airline and flight, but now also show the airline's logo on a blue background with the State's DOT logo. These displays are blank if no flight is at the gate, but will turn on when the regular pre-recorded announcements play over the PA system and will "close caption" the announcement. The state has also added new LCD FIDS (Flight Information Displays). They still had the old CRT FIDS still running, but the new FIDS now cycle through the codeshares for any flights. Another addition is a screen for paging announcements. I only noticed this because there was a name on the screen, otherwise I wouldn't have know what it was.

I haven't walked around the Ewa Concourse in a couple of weeks, but the state has also installed LCD screens, mostly to replace the CRT TVs at the gates. They have also added a lot of artwork and photographs in the empty spaces between gates 31-34. Those areas still don't have any flooring to cover the concrete and the lights are always still turned off, but they do have a little more seating and more to look at instead of just white walls.

Around the administration building between Lobby 5 and 6, the state has put up even more artwork, photograhps, and Hawaii aviation history. The theme on the Lobby 5 side seems to be about Pan Am's flying boats. The two large planters in the atrium in front have been filled in and are now seating areas. However, the big addition to the atrium is the 3/4 model of a Navy F4B, which is pictured below. This aircraft replaced the other one (please help me remember), which was taken down a couple of years ago and moved to the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island.