March arrivals by air have gone far past the levels of either January or February, airport counts show.
January arrivals came close to 647,000, up 7.7 percent from last year. February arrivals neared 616,000, up 4.2 percent. March, through Tuesday, has 684,130 arrivals, up 9 percent from the same month in 2004.
International arrivals, which have fallen below 4,000 only once this month while topping 6,000 on four other days, are above 162,000 so far, including Wednesday arrivals, so in this case just one more day, Thursday, remains to be counted.
Japanese arrivals are running 11 percent above year-ago levels so far this month and other foreign arrivals are up more than 61 percent, though non-Japanese arrivals amount to only about one-seventh of total non-Canadian international arrivals.
Domestic arrivals, with Wednesday and Thursday still to be added, are near 527,000, up 7.4 percent from last year. The 36,000 extra visitors this March have flown mostly to Honolulu -- over 341,000 arrivals, up 7.7 percent -- and Kahului -- nearly 130,000 arrivals, up 10 percent. Kauai arrivals are up slightly to 21,000 and Big Island arrivals are down slightly, below 35,000.
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