Kalaeloa Airport (IATA: JRF, ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF), also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport) and formerly Naval Air Station Barbers Point, is a joint civil-military regional airport of the State of Hawaiʻi established on July 1, 1999, to replace the Ford Island NALF facilities which closed on June 30 of the same year. Located on the site of the developing unincorporated town of Kalaeloa and nestled between the Honolulu communities of ʻEwa Beach, Kapolei and Campbell Industrial Park in West Oʻahu, most flights to Kalaeloa Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands. While Kalaeloa Airport is primarily a commuter facility used by unscheduled air taxis, general aviation and transient and locally based military aircraft, the airport saw first-ever scheduled airline service begin on July 1, 2014, with Mokulele Airlines operating flights to Kahului Airport on Maui.
Kalaeloa Airport Kahua Mokulele o Kalaeloa | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Two North American FJ-4 Fury's pass Naval Air Station Barbers Point (now Kalaeloa Airport) in January 1958. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Hawaii Department of Transportation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kapolei, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°18′26″N 158°04′13″W / 21.30722°N 158.07028°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 regional reliever facility.[2]
Authority
editKalaeloa Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaiʻi. The official authority of Kalaeloa Airport is the Governor of Hawaiʻi. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawaiʻi Airports Administrator.
The Hawaiʻi Airports Administrator oversees six governing bodies: Airports Operations Office, Airports Planning Office, Engineering Branch, Information Technology Office, Staff Services Office, Visitor Information Program Office. Collectively, the six bodies have authority over the four airport districts in Hawaiʻi: Hawaiʻi District, Kauaʻi District, Maui District and the principal Oʻahu District. Kalaeloa Airport is a subordinate of the Oʻahu District officials.
Airlines and destinations
editMokulele Airlines became the first airline to provide scheduled service at Kalaeloa when it began flights to Kahului Airport on Maui on July 1, 2014.[3] After serving the airport for over two years and finding itself unable to make a profit doing so, the airline ended scheduled service at the airport in September 2016.[4]
Military usage
editNAS Barbers Point was closed by Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action in the late 1990s, with the Navy aircraft, primarily P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft assigned to squadrons of Patrol Wing Two and SH-60B Seahawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37 (HSL-37), relocating to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, now Marine Corps Base Hawaii, on the other side of the island.
CGAS Barbers Point, with its HC-130H Hercules and HH-65 Dolphin helicopters, was a former tenant command at NAS Barbers Point and continues to operate as the remaining military aviation presence at the airfield.
Gallery
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Sign for Exit 2 Kalaeloa Airport on Interstate H-1 -
A Hawaiian Airlines 717 at Kalaeloa Airport
See also
edit- HABS/HAER documentation of Naval Air Station Barbers Point for a listing of the very extensive documentation of Naval Air Station Barbers Point by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
- List of airports in Hawaii
- Solar Impulse 2 landed in Kalaeloa Airport on 3 July 2015, after achieving the longest non-stop solo fixed-wing airplane flight in history.
References
edit- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for JRF PDF
- ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ Segal, Dave (May 13, 2014). "Tickets go on sale for Mokulele's Kalaeloa Airport service". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ Daysog, Rick (September 26, 2016). "Mokulele Airlines halts service from Kalaeloa Airport". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
External links
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- Hawaiʻi DOT page for Kalaeloa Airport
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for JRF
- AirNav airport information for PHJR
- ASN accident history for JRF
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PHJR
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for JRF
