Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam
Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii port and ships, live
Pearl Harbor is a naval base, home to the US Pacific Fleet.
Right now · as of
6 ships on the map within 6 mi of Pearl Harbor, one under way.
Other / Unidentified 2, Cargo 1, Military / Law 1, Tugs / Service 1 and Tankers 1
The harbour
The Index rates Honolulu a medium-sized coastal harbour behind breakwaters. It lists yards for major repairs there. Its entrance channel is at least 11 m deep.
Harbours within 6 mi
- Honolulu6.2 mi from the centreMedium-sized harbour · counted on the page for Honolulu
What the live map can see
Warships often sail with AIS switched off, so most of a navy is missing from the live map. In 24 hours of AIS recorded Oct 12 – 19, the map heard only 35 ships within 6 mi of Pearl Harbor: reception here is patchy, so most ships won’t show.
Good to know
- NGA’s World Port Index rates a harbour by its area, facilities and wharf space when it was last surveyed, not by its traffic, so a busy terminal can be rated small. Where it doesn’t know about a facility it says so, and only what it marks as there is listed here.
- AIS is heard by receivers on shore, so coverage follows where they are: ships far out at sea, or off coasts without one, don’t show. Warships and some others switch it off, and a ship’s type and destination are typed in by its crew.
- Harbours from NGA’s World Port Index (Pub. 150), downloaded on Oct 19, 2026. The major ports and chokepoints are the map’s own reference list.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Live ship tracker, Shipping chokepoints