Molokai Airport, also known as Hoolehua Airport is a state-owned, public use

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located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) northwest of

Kaunakakai Kaunakakai () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the largest town on the island of Molokai. The population was 3,419 at the 2020 census. It has the largest port on the island and the longest pier ...

, on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the principal airport of the island. The largest plane to ever fly here regularly was a Boeing 737-200 jet, which seats 127 passengers. It is included in the

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(FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Facilities and aircraft

Molokai Airport occupies at an

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of above

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on the central

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of the island of Molokai. The airport has two

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paved

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that accommodate commuter/

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and

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activities, as well as some military flights: runway 5/23 is and runway 17/35 is . The passenger terminal complex and general aviation facilities are north of the runway intersection; the passenger terminal complex is near the principal runway and the general aviation facilities are near the crosswind runway. Vehicular access to these two areas is provided by separate access

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s, each connecting with Keonelele Avenue. For the 12-month period ending January 11, 2019, the airport had 45,219 aircraft operations, an average of 124 per day: 86%

, 11%

and 3%

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. In April 2022, there were 6 aircraft based at this airport: all 6 single-engine. The sole airline that services Molokai,

Mokulele Airlines Southern Airways Express, doing business as Mokulele Airlines, is an American commuter airline operating in Hawaii. The airline operates scheduled inter-island and charter flights among all Hawaiian islands with airports. Mokulele Airlines was ...

, operates the Cessna Grand Caravan 208EX aircraft into the airport.

Airlines and destinations

The following

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s offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Statistics

Incidents

References

External links

Hawaii DOT page for Molokai Airport

Topographic map
from

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