Kahului Airport

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The Kahului Airport is a regional airport of the State of Hawaii. It is located 5 km east of Kahului, on the island of Maui at the foot of Mount Haleakala. The international airport code is a reminder of the aviation pioneer Bertram J. Hogg. This worked significantly to the development of Hawaiian Airlines, starting with an S -38, for eight passengers up to the Douglas DC- 3 and DC -9 in the late 1960s.

Most flights reach Kahului Airport from Honolulu. The connections between Kahului and Honolulu are among the busiest in the United States, and came in 2004 with 1.632 million passengers in 13th all flight connections

History

After the entry of the United States into the Second World War the United States Navy decided to build another airfield on Maui next to the airport Puunene. 1942 1.341 acres of land have been acquired for this purpose at Kahului and a Naval Air Station built.

In 1947 there were in Hawaii Aeronautics Commission plans to relocate the civilian flight operations of Puunene to Kahului. In December 1947, the Kahului airport was transferred to the Navy in the Hawaiian territory. Specific preparations, including the construction of a reception building, began in May 1951 and in June 1952, the scheduled civilian flight operations began in Kahului with scheduled flights by Hawaiian Airlines and Trans - Pacific Airlines.

In the following years the Kahului airport has been extended train to train. A new tower in 1958, a new station building in 1965, a fence around the security area 1974 From 1975 Kahului was approached by the American mainland by charter airlines from 1983 with scheduled flights.

1985 began excavation work at the airport, which in 1987 a private Commuter Terminal ( Commuter Terminal) were opened for aircraft up to the size of a DHC- 6 Twin Otter and 1990, a new terminal for larger aircraft in the course. In the old station building, the baggage claim area has been housed since 1991.

Special

The airport is located in a valley between two high volcanoes. All year round prevailing trade winds are channeled and intensified by and ensure a constant and strong wind from the northeast direction (usually 50-60 degrees) with up to 70 km / h Since the local conditions did not allow to build the slopes in the main wind direction, landing on runway 20 is designed in particular often difficult due to the strong side winds and is often associated with strong turbulence. The runway is 05 although the effect much easier, but with about 1500 m too short for larger commercial aircraft. It is therefore mainly used for smaller and slower aircraft.