Kona International Airport
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| Kona International Airport at Keahole | |||
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| IATA: KOA - ICAO: PHKO | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Hawaii Department of Transportation | ||
| Serves | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 47 ft (14.3 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 17/35 | 11,000 | 3,353 | Asphalt |
Kona International Airport at Keahole (IATA: KOA, ICAO: PHKO) is an airport on the Island of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i. The airport serves both the town of Kailua-Kona and the major resorts of the North Kona and South Kohala districts (leeward or kona Hawai‘i).
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[edit] Facilities
This state government of Hawai‘i facility operates an 11,000-foot (3350-m) runway and a terminal complex of single story buildings along the eastern edge of the airfield for arriving and departing passengers, air cargo and mail, airport support, and general aviation operations.
Kona International, or "Kailua-Kona" as it is more often called by locals and interisland passengers, is the only remaining major airport in the Hawaiian Islands where a mobile ramp is used to plane and deplane passengers. Nevertheless, Kona International sees daily 767, 777 and even 747 aircraft. The airport terminal is a rambling, open-air set of structures long appreciated by arriving passengers for the casual, "holiday" atmosphere it engenders. Long after other airports in Hawai‘i converted their terminals to multi-story buildings with automated jetway systems, Hawaiian Airlines could still utilize their DC-9 fleet's tailcone exits at Kailua-Kona.
One unique feature to Kona's airport is United Flight 3, which operates ORD-OGG-KOA-ORD on a daily basis aboard a Boeing 777. While the Kona stop certainly adds to the profitablity of this long-haul flight, it is also absolutely essential because Kahului Airport's runway is too short to allow a fully-loaded 777 to depart for a destination as far away as Chicago.
Much of the airport runway is built on a relatively recent lava flow: the 1801 Huehue flow from Hualālai. This flow extended the shoreline out an estimated 1 mile, adding some four 4 km² of land to the Island (USGS, 1997).
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Canada (Vancouver) [seasonal]
- Aloha Airlines (Honolulu, Kahului, Oakland, Orange County)
- American Airlines (Los Angeles)
- ATA Airlines (Oakland) [begins June 14, 2007]
- Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu, Kahului)
- Island Air (Hilo, Honolulu, Kahului)
- Japan Airlines
- JALways (Tokyo-Narita)
- Mesa Airlines
- go! operated by Mesa Airlines (Honolulu)
- Mokulele Airlines (Hana, Kahului, Kapalua [charter], Lanai [charter], Molokai [charter])
- Northwest Airlines (Anchorage, Honolulu [departure only], Seattle/Tacoma)
- Pacific Wings (Kahului)
- United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver [Saturdays Only], Kahului, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
- US Airways
- US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Phoenix)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Hawaii DOT page for Kona International Airport at Keahole
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PHKO
- ASN Accident history for KOA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KOA
- World Aero Data airport information for PHKO
| Airports of Hawaii | |
| Hawaii: Hilo International Airport | Kona International Airport | Upolu Airport | Waimea-Kohala Airport | |
| Oahu: Honolulu International Airport | Dillingham Airfield | Kalaeloa Airport | |
| Kauai: Lihu'e Airport | Port Allen Airport | Princeville Airport | |
| Maui: Hana Airport | Kahului Airport | Kapalua Airport | |
| Smaller islands: Kalaupapa Airport | Lanai Airport | Molokai Airport | |
| Military: Hickam Air Force Base | Wheeler Army Airfield | |
