Waimea-Kohala Airport

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Waimea-Kohala Airport
IATA: MUE – ICAO: PHMU – FAA LID: MUE
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Hawaii Department of Transportation
Serves Kamuela, Hawaii
Elevation AMSL 2,671 ft / 814 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Website Hawaii.gov/MUE
Map
MUE is located in Hawaii
MUE
MUE
Location of airport in Hawaii
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 5,197 1,584 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 2,000
Based aircraft 11

Waimea-Kohala Airport (IATA: MUE, ICAO: PHMU, FAA LID: MUE) is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of Kamuela[1][2] (also known as Waimea), an unincorporated town in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States.

Hawaiian Airlines began scheduled passenger service from the airport in November 1953.[3] As of May 2013 there was no scheduled passenger service at the airport.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 407 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 313 enplanements in 2009, and 47 in 2010.[5] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Waimea-Kohala Airport covers an area of 90 acres (36 ha) at an elevation of 2,671 feet (814 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,197 by 100 feet (1,584 by 30 m).[2]

The airport has one taxiway and an aircraft parking apron at the west end of the runway serving the passenger terminal and general aviation facilities. No fueling or airport traffic control tower facilities are provided. An aircraft rescue and fire fighting facility shares space in the airport maintenance facility.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 2,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per week: 39% scheduled commercial, 33% air taxi, 25% general aviation, and 3% military. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine and 36% glider.[2]

Airline and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Mokulele Airlines Kahului

Previously, Pacific Wings operated service to Honolulu and Kahului. Originally subsidized by the Essential Air Service program, Pacific Wings began serving Waimea-Kohala without subsidy on April 1, 2007.[7] By May 2013, when reports emerged the airline was ending all service in Hawaii, the airline had already ceased serving Waimea-Kohala Airport.[8] Mokulele Airlines, Schuman Aviation, and Pacific Wings submitted bids to the DOT to provide service at the airport, however only Mokulele and Schuman have proposed actual flights—Pacific Wings suggested two buses a day to Kona. On July 2, 2013 the US DOT awarded the contract to Mokulele Airlines for service to Kahului.[9] Mokulele began operating flights to Waimea-Kohala on September 21, 2013.[10]

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 FAA Airport Master Record for MUE (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
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Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1997-2833) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2005-3-34: Reselecting Pacific Wings Airlines to provide essential air service (EAS) at Hana, Kalaupapa, and Kamuela, Hawaii, for the period from April 1, 2005, through March 31, 2007, at an annual rate of $1,597,422 for the first year and at an annual rate of $1,501,752 for the second year.
    • Order 2006-12-3: Terminating the carrier-selection proceeding for Essential Air Service at Hana, Kalaupapa, and Kamuela, Hawaii. The incumbent EAS carrier, Pacific Wings, has proposed to continue to provide all three communities' EAS on a subsidy-free basis beginning April 1, 2007.

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