Inter - Island Airways ‘35

 

 

The times for these flights are taken from the 1935 timetable for Inter-Island Airways available at the excellent www.timetableimages.com.

Inter-Island Airways operated between the Hawaiian Islands from 1929 using amphibious aircraft. The choice of amphibious aircraft was not due to the lack of airfields but the desire to give passengers comfort that the aircraft could land on water between the islands in case of problems with the aircraft.

In 1935 these services were provided using Sikorsky S-38 aircraft. The next year saw the introduction of airmail services and these enabled the use of the larger S-43 amphibious aircraft as well as the S-38s.

In October 1941 the airline changed name to Hawaiian Airlines and continues to operate today.

The following routes were all flown by Sikorsky S-38s.

Honolulu Hilo Route (Daily except Sun)

 

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Distance

City Name

ICAO

Heading

Distance

091

        0

Honolulu

PHNL

 

47.2 nm

149

47.2 nm

Molokai

PHMK

271

23.5 nm

066

23.5 nm

Lanai

PHNY

329

30.0 nm

129

30.0 nm

Maui

PHOG

246

49.7 nm

115

49.7 nm

Upolu

PHUP

309

56.2 nm

 

56.2 nm

Hilo

PHTO

295

        0

 

Honolulu Kauai – (Mon Thu & Sat)

 

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Distance

City Name

ICAO

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Distance

286

        0

Honolulu

PHNL

 

88.2 nm

241

88.2 nm

Lihue

PHLI

105

15.5 nm

 

15.5 nm

Port Allen

PAK

061

        0

 

Honolulu Kauai – (Tue Wed & Fri)

 

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Distance

City Name

ICAO

Heading

Distance

286

        0

Honolulu

PHNL

 

88.2 nm

 

88.2 nm

Lihue

PHLI

105

      0

 

 

Flight Simulator Files

There is a Sikorsky S-38 available in s38molo4.zip for FS2004 and sikorskys38_fsx_update.zip for FSX from www.flightsim.com