Molokai Airport Kahua Mokulele o Moloka‘i |
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Approach to Runway 5 (2008)
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Hawaii Department of Transportation | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Kaunakakai, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 454 ft / 138 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 21°09′10″N 157°05′47″W / 21.15278°N 157.09639°WCoordinates: 21°09′10″N 157°05′47″W / 21.15278°N 157.09639°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | Hawaii.gov/MKK | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 49,804 |
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Based aircraft | 4 |
Founded in 1927,Molokai Airport (IATA: MKK, ICAO: PHMK, FAA LID: MKK) is a state-owned, public use airport located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) northwest of Kaunakakai, on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the principal airport of the island.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 89,468 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 65,984 enplanements in 2009, and 88,688 in 2010. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.
Molokai Airport occupies 288 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 454 ft (138 m) 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 4,494 by 100 ft (1,370 by 30 m) and Runway 17/35 is 3,118 by 100 ft (950 by 30 m).