:Molokai Airport
{{short description|Airport in Maui County, Hawaii}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox airport
| name = Molokai Airport
| nativename = Kahua Mokulele o Moloka‘i
| image = Molokai_airport.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = Approach to Runway 5 (2008)
| IATA = MKK
| ICAO = PHMK
| FAA = MKK
| WMO = 91186
| type = Public
| owner-oper = Hawaii Department of Transportation
| city-served = Molokai
| elevation-f = 454
| website = {{URL|hawaii.gov/mkk}}
| coordinates = {{coord|21|09|10|N|157|05|47|W|region:US-HI_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = United States Molokai-Lanai#USA Hawaii
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Hawaii
| pushpin_label = MKK
| pushpin_label_position = top
| r1-number = 5/23
| r1-length-f = 4,494
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 17/35
| r2-length-f = 3,118
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year =
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2019)
| stat1-data = 45,219
| stat2-header = Based aircraft (2022)
| stat2-data = 6
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=MKK|use=PU|own=PU|site=52294.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 21, 2022.
}}
Molokai Airport, {{Airport codes|MKK|PHMK|MKK}} also known as Hoolehua Airport 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. The largest plane to ever fly here regularly was a Boeing 737-200 jet, which seats 127 passengers.
It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.{{cite web|title=List of NPIAS Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|website=FAA.gov|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=23 December 2016|format=PDF|date=21 October 2016}}
Facilities and aircraft
Molokai Airport occupies {{convert|288|acres|abbr=on}} at an elevation of {{convert|454|ft|abbr=on}} 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 {{convert|4494|by|100|ft|abbr=on}} and runway 17/35 is {{convert|3118|by|100|ft|abbr=on}}.
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 roadways, 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% air taxi, 11% general aviation and 3% military. In April 2022, there were six aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.
The sole airline that services Molokai, Mokulele Airlines, operates the Cessna Grand Caravan 208EX aircraft into the airport.{{Cite web|title=Our Fleet|url=https://mokuleleairlines.com/our-fleet/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Mokulele Airlines {{!}} Hawaii's Favorite Island Hopper|language=en-US}}
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=MKK}}
Accidents and incidents
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!Date !Flight number !Information |
| October 28, 1989
|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.{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR90-05.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207085349/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR90-05.pdf|archive-date=2012-02-07|url-status=usurped|access-date=2012-02-02}} 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.[http://starbulletin.com/1999/10/28/news/story2.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News] |
| 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.{{ASN accident|id=20000510-0|accessdate=November 6, 2020|title=N241H}} |
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://hawaii.gov/mkk Hawaii DOT page for Molokai Airport]
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lat=21.1529&lon=-157.0963&w=800&h=800&lp=---+None+--- Topographic map] from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-diagram|00759}}
- {{FAA-procedures|MKK}}
- {{US-airport2|MKK|PHMK}}
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