Kona International Airport
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| Kona International Airport | |||
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| Type of Airport | Commercial | ||
| Run by | Hawaii Department of Transportation | ||
| Closest Town | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States | ||
| Coordinates | Template:Coor dm | ||
| IATA | KOA | ICAO | PHKO |
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| Feet | Metres | ||
| 17/35 | 11000 | 3350 | Paved |
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Kona International Airport is an airport at Keāhole on the Island of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i. The airport IATA Airport Code is KOA. 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). 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. 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.
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 (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/1997/97_07_25.html)).
The following airlines serve Kona:
- Aloha Airlines
- American Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Japan Air Lines (JALWays)
- Northwest Airlines
- United Airlines Chicago O'hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco
External link
- Official website (http://www.hawaii.gov/dot/airports/hawaii/koa/)