Kalaeloa Airport , also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of

Honolulu International Airport Daniel K. Inouye International Airport , also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the main airport of Oahu, Hawaii.Naval Air Station Barbers Point Naval Air Station Barbers Point , on O'ahu, also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport), is a former United States Navy airfield closed in 1999, and renamed Kalaeloa Airport. Parts of the former air stati ...

, is a joint civil-military regional airport of the

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established on July 1, 1999, to replace the Ford Island NALF facilities which closed on June 30 of the same year. Located on the site of the developing unincorporated town of

Kalaeloa Kalaeloa () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 2,364 at the 2020 census. The community occupies the location of the former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, which was closed in 1999 a ...

and nestled between the

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communities of Ewa Beach, Kapolei and Campbell Industrial Park in West Oahu, most flights to Kalaeloa Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands. While Kalaeloa Airport is primarily a commuter facility used by unscheduled air taxis, general aviation and transient and locally based military aircraft, the airport saw first-ever scheduled airline service begin on July 1, 2014, with

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operating flights to

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. It is included in the

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(FAA)

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for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional reliever facility. On July 2, 2021,

Transair Flight 810 Transair Flight 810, a Boeing 737-200 converted freighter aircraft on a short cargo flight en route from Honolulu International Airport to Kahului Airport on the neighboring Hawaiian island of Maui, experienced mechanical difficulties and cra ...

, a Boeing 737-200 jet aircraft, considered the possibility of landing at the airport before successfully ditching to an ocean area near it. The two occupants, (the pilot and co-pilot) survived the incident.

Authority

Kalaeloa Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaii. The official authority of Kalaeloa Airport is the

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. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawaii State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawaii Airports Administrator. The Hawaii Airports Administrator oversees six governing bodies: Airports Operations Office, Airports Planning Office, Engineering Branch, Information Technology Office, Staff Services Office, Visitor Information Program Office. Collectively, the six bodies have authority over the four airport districts in Hawaii: Hawaii District, Kauai District, Maui District and the principal Oahu District. Kalaeloa Airport is a subordinate of the Oahu District officials.

Airlines and destinations

became the first airline to provide scheduled service at Kalaeloa when it began flights to

on July 1, 2014. After serving the airport for over two years and finding itself unable to make a profit doing so, the airline ended scheduled service at the airport in September 2016.

Military usage

NAS Barbers Point was closed by

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(BRAC) action in the late 1990s, with the Navy aircraft, primarily P-3C ''Orion'' maritime patrol aircraft assigned to squadrons of Patrol Wing Two and

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helicopters assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37 (HSL-37), relocating to

Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay or MCAS Kaneohe Bay is a United States Marine Corps (USMC) airfield located within the Marine Corps Base Hawaii complex, formerly known as Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Kaneohe Bay or Naval Air Station (NAS ...

, now

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, on the other side of the island. CGAS Barbers Point, with its HC-130H ''Hercules'' and

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''Dolphin'' helicopters, was a former tenant command at NAS Barbers Point and continues to operate as the remaining military aviation presence at the airfield.

Gallery

Sign for Exit 2 Kalaeloa Airport on Interstate H-1 Westbound.jpg, Sign for Exit 2 Kalaeloa Airport on

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