Molokai Airport, also known as Hoolehua Airport is a state-owned, public use airport located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) northwest of Kaunakakai,

Facilities and aircraft

Molokai Airport occupies at an elevation of above mean sea level on the central plateau of the island of Molokai. The airport has two asphalt paved runways that accommodate commuter/air taxi and general aviation activities, as well as some military flights: runway 5/23 is and runway 17/35 is .

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

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|October 28, 1989

|MKU1712

|Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter registered as N707PV, collided with mountains at night near Halawa Valley, Molokai, while en route on a scheduled passenger flight from Kahului Airport to Molokai Airport in Hoolehua. The NTSB determined the cause of the accident was the airplane's controlled flight into terrain as a result of the decision of the captain to continue the flight under visual flight rules at night into instrument meteorological conditions, which obscured rising mountains. All 20 aboard the aircraft died. 13 of the victims were from Molokai, including eight members of the Molokai High School boys' and girls' volleyball teams and two faculty members. The girls' team had just qualified on Maui for the state tournament.

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|May 10, 2000

|N/A

|A Rockwell North American Sabreliner 65 operated by Price Aircraft Company inbound from Kahului Airport impacted a mountain ridge 3.3 miles SW of Kaunakaka on a night visual approach to MKK. All six occupants (two crew, four passengers) were killed.

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See also

  • List of airports in Hawaii

References

  • Hawaii DOT page for Molokai Airport
  • Topographic map from USGS The National Map