PHKO Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole
Kailua-Kona, HI · 6 miles NW of KAILUA-KONA, HI
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO PHKO
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 50.5 ft
- Coordinates
- 19-44-19.5540N 156-02-44.2720W
- Lat / Long
- 19.738765, -156.0456311
- Mag. variation
- 11E (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -10 (year round; does not observe DST)
- Activated
- 01/1971
- ARTCC
- HONOLULU CONTROL FACILITY CENTER
- FSS
- HONOLULU FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- KOA (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0600-2200
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT MALSR RWY 17; HIRL RWY 17/35; TWY LGTS - CTAF.
- International operations
- customs landing rights airport
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from PHKO
Runways
Longest 11,000 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 11000 x 150 ft. / 3353 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/concrete/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 69 /F/A/W/T Single wheel
Runway 17
- Heading
- 174 magnetic, 185 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:11000 TODA:11000 ASDA:11000 LDA:11000
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 50.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- 6 ft. gnd, 400 ft. from runway, 400 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clear
Runway 35
- Heading
- 354 magnetic, 005 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:11000 TODA:11000 ASDA:11000 LDA:11000
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 39.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- TERRAIN
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 6
Approaches — IAP 6
Arrivals — STAR 4
Other charts 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 120.3
- Atis
- 127.4
- Wx Asos
- PHONE 808-991-0580
- Kona Ground
- 121.9 [0600-2200]
- Kona Tower
- 120.3 254.3 [0600-2200]
- Clearance Delivery
- 118.6
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel available
- 100 JET-A 100:JET-A & 100 OCTANE FUEL AVBL DAILY 0800-1700, OTHER TIMES WITH PRIOR ARRANGMENTS, CALL 808-329-4682.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.