Landing Point · US United States
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System (HICS) | Active |
| Hawaii Island Fibre Network (HIFN) | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-05-14 through 2026-06-03 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 3 | 179.6 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 2 | 153.7 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 2 | 203.3 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 2 | 180.9 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 2 | 133.2 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 1 | 264.3 ms |
| #6487 own probe | Singapore SG | 1 | 230.1 ms |
| #7062 own probe | Cape Town ZA | 1 | 255.3 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 1 | 183.1 ms |
| #1015563 own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 1 | 134.3 ms |
Kihei is a landing point located on the island of Maui, Hawaii, in the United States. As a submarine cable landing point, it serves as a node within the Hawaiian island chain, hosting two submarine cables that connect Maui to other islands across the state. Both cables landing at Kihei are entirely domestic in scope, linking different parts of Hawaii rather than reaching to international destinations.
The two cables landing at Kihei — the Hawaii Island Fibre Network (HIFN) and the Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System (HICS) — together establish Kihei as a point of inter-island connectivity within the Hawaiian archipelago. This intra-state corridor supports communications between Maui and other Hawaiian islands, forming part of the broader network infrastructure that ties the geographically dispersed islands together.
The Hawaii Island Fibre Network (HIFN) is a 529-kilometer submarine cable that entered service in 1997. It connects landing points within the United States, specifically linking Hawaiian islands to one another. Kihei serves as one of its terminal points along this inter-island route.
The Hawaii Inter-Island Cable System (HICS) is a 479-kilometer submarine cable that reached ready-for-service status in 1994, making it the earlier of the two systems landing at Kihei. Like HIFN, it connects locations entirely within the United States, routing between Hawaiian island landing points. Together, HICS and HIFN represent successive generations of inter-island submarine cable infrastructure served by this location.
Within the United States, submarine cables land at 160 points across the country, with a total of 113 cables in the national network. Kihei hosts 2 cables, placing it in the top 84% of U.S. landing points by cable count. Among Hawaiian landing points, Kapolei on Oahu hosts 5 cables, making it a more heavily served node within the state, while Kihei's two inter-island cables reflect its more focused role within the Hawaiian island system.
Kihei functions as a two-cable landing point serving the inter-island submarine cable corridor within Hawaii. Both cables terminating here — HIFN and HICS — are domestic systems, meaning Kihei's network role is oriented entirely toward intra-state connectivity rather than transpacific or international routing. The landing point does not serve as a gateway to international cable systems but instead supports the linkage of Maui with other Hawaiian islands.
Within the broader U.S. submarine cable graph, Kihei represents a specialized node: one dedicated to the relatively short, inter-island spans that are unique to Hawaii's island-chain geography. Its position alongside two distinct cable systems, separated by three years in their respective service dates, reflects the layered development of Hawaii's domestic submarine cable infrastructure over the 1990s. The existence of multiple inter-island cable systems landing at Kihei underscores Maui's place as a connected point within the Hawaiian segment of the national submarine network.
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