Hana Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Hawaii, United States}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Redirect-distinguish|HNM|H&M}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox airport | name = Hana Airport | nativename = ''Kahua Mokulele o Hāna'' | image = Hana Airport.jpg | caption = An aerial view of runway 26 in August{{nbsp}}2016 | IATA = HNM | ICAO = PHHN | FAA = HNM | type = Public | owner-oper = [[Hawaii Department of Transportation]] | city-served = [[Hana, Hawaii]] | elevation-f = 78 | website = {{URL|hawaii.gov/hnm}} | coordinates = {{coord|20|47|44|N|156|00|52|W|region:US-HI_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = United States Maui#USA Hawaii | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Hawaii | pushpin_label = '''HNM''' | pushpin_label_position = left | r1-number = 8/26 | r1-length-f = 3,606 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = | stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2014) | stat1-data = 3,364 | stat2-header = Based aircraft (2022) | stat2-data = 3 | footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=HNM|use=PU|own=PU|site=52061.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 21, 2022.</ref> | opened = {{Start date|1950|11|11}} }}

'''Hana Airport''' {{Airport codes|HNM|PHHN|HNM}} is a regional public use airport of the [[Hawaii|State of Hawai{{okina}}i]] on the east shore of the island of [[Maui]], {{convert|3|nmi|lk=in|abbr=out|spell=in}} northwest<ref name="FAA"/> of the unincorporated town of [[Hana, Hawaii|Hana]]. The airport was officially opened on November 11, 1950.<ref name="opened">{{cite web |url=http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/hawaii-airfields-airports/maui/hana-airport/ |title=Hana Airport |publisher=Hawaiian Aviation |accessdate=April 13, 2015}}</ref> It is primarily a commuter facility used by unscheduled air taxis and [[general aviation]]. As air traffic increases, the Hawai{{okina}}i State Legislature will consider future improvements including the construction of a taxiway paralleling the runway, widening of access roads and expansion of passenger terminals and parking facilities.

Scheduled commercial airline service provided [[Pacific Wings]] was subsidized by the [[Essential Air Service]] program until April 1, 2007, when Pacific Wings began providing subsidy-free service;<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6502-0060 | title = Order 2006-12-3: Pacific Wings to provide subsidy-free EAS beginning April 1, 2007 | publisher = U.S. Department of Transportation | date = December 7, 2006}}</ref> however, with fares as high as $200 each way, most travelers opted to drive rather than fly. According to U.S. Department of Transportation data, Pacific Wings transported only 375 passengers in the first 10 months of 2012, while [[Mokulele Airlines]] claims to have transported 1706 passengers since October 2012, according to their EAS bid for [[Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kamuela]] service on May 23, 2013.

It is included in the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2021–2025, in which it is [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] as a basic [[general aviation]] facility.<ref name="NPIAS Airports">{{cite web|title=List of NPIAS Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|website=FAA.gov|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|accessdate=December 23, 2016|format=PDF|date=October 21, 2016}}</ref>

== Facilities and aircraft == [[File:Hana Airport - Sign.jpg|thumb|Hana Airport sign as seen in December 2011.]] Hana Airport covers an area of 119 [[acre]]s (48 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 78 feet (24 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 8/26 with an [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] surface measuring 3,606 by 100 feet (1,099 x 30 m).<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 3,364 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 58% [[air taxi]], 42% general aviation and less than 1% military. In April 2022, there were 3 aircraft based at this airport: 2 gliders and 1 ultra-light.<ref name="FAA" />

== Airline and destination ==  The following [[airline]] provides scheduled passenger service: {{Airport destination list | [[Mokulele Airlines]] | [[Kahului Airport|Kahului]] }}

=== Historical airline service ===

[[Hawaiian Airlines]] was serving Hana in 1969 with [[Convair 640]] turboprop flights from Kahului and Honolulu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=September 3, 1969, Hawaiian Airlines system timetable |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> According to the [[Official Airline Guide]] (OAG), two commuter air carriers were serving the airport in 1976, Island Pacific Air and Royal Hawaiian Airways, with both airlines operating small [[Cessna 402]] twin prop aircraft on direct flights from Honolulu, Kahului, Kaunakaki and Lanai City with Royal Hawaiian also providing direct service from Hilo, Kaanapali, Kamuela, Kona and Upolu Point.<ref>February 1, 1976, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Hana, Maui, Hawaii flight schedules</ref> Island Pacific Air then changed its name to Air Hawaii and was continuing to serve the airport in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |title=November 15, 1979, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Kahului-Hana flight schedules |url=http://www.departedflights.com/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=www.departedflights.com}}</ref> [[Princeville Airways]] was serving Hana in 1986 with [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] turboprops with flights to Honolulu, Kahului and other destinations in Hawaii.<ref>{{Cite web |title=October 20, 1986, Princeville Airways timetable cover & route map |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref> By 1994, [[Aloha IslandAir]] (which formerly operated as Princeville Airways and was subsequently renamed [[Island Air (Hawaii)]]) was operating [[code share]] service on behalf of [[Aloha Airlines]] with [[DHC-6 Twin Otter]] turboprops on direct flights from Honolulu, Kahului, Lanai City and Molokai/Hoolehua according to the [[OAG (company)|OAG]].<ref>September 1, 1994, Official Airline Guide (OAG), Hana, Maui, Hawaii flight schedules</ref>

== Authority == Hana Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawai{{okina}}i. The official authority of Hana Airport is the [[Governor of Hawaii|Governor of Hawai{{okina}}i]]. The governor appoints the Director of the Hawai'i State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawai{{okina}}i Airports Administrator.

The Hawai{{okina}}i 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 Hawai{{okina}}i: [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai'i District]], [[Kauai|Kaua{{okina}}i District]], [[Maui|Maui District]] and the principal [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|O{{okina}}ahu District]]. Hana Airport is a subordinate of the Maui District officials.

== Media appearances == Hana Airport is the destination in the "Hawaiian Checkout" mission supplied with ''[[Microsoft Flight Simulator X]]''.

==See also== * [[List of airports in Hawaii]]

== References == {{reflist}}

== Other sources == {{refbegin}} * Essential Air Service documents ([http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6502 Docket OST-1999-6502]) from the [[U.S. Department of Transportation]]: ** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6502-0053 Order 2005-3-34]: re-selecting 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. ** [http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-1999-6502-0060 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. {{refend}}

== External links == {{commons category-inline}} * [http://hawaii.gov/hnm Hana Airport] page at [[Hawaii DOT]] * {{FAA-procedures|HNM}} * {{US-airport2|HNM|PHHN}}

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