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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration is providing a nearly $50 million grant to rehabilitate the Kona International Airport runway. The funding comes after the airport had to close various times this year due to runway issues.
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Demand for more daily parking prompted the decision to end the sale of monthly parking passes at the airport.
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The DOT will conduct asphalt repairs along Runway 17-35 at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport, specifically where planes perform turnaround motions.
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Flights were shutdown due to the runway being inoperable from the cracks. Emergency repairs and repaving had the airport up and running again by morning.
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A Japan Airlines flight touched down at Kona airport on Tuesday for the first time since the pandemic began. Visitors were greeted after exiting the brand new Federal Inspection Services building — Hawaiʻi's second international entry point. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.
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800,000 federal workers around the country are about to miss a paycheck as the partial government shutdown prepares to enter its fourth week. Many are in…
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It's been six years since an international flight touched down at the Kona Airport on Hawai'i Island. But that's changing today. In 2010, Japan Airlines…
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For the last two-decades the Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center has sat on outskirts of the Kona airport. It’s a tribute to astronaut Ellison Onizuka, who…
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Hawaii Island's airports rely on firefighters on property to respond immediately, within 3 minutes, to any aircraft fire or crash. Now, the capability of…
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A couple of months ago, the power went out at Kona Airport, for more than an hour. No flights were affected, but the system did not work the way it was…