Lanai Airport

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox airport | name = Lanai Airport | nativename = ''Kahua Mokulele o Lāna‘i'' | image = | IATA = LNY | ICAO = PHNY | FAA = LNY | type = Public | owner-oper = [[Hawaii Department of Transportation]] | city-served = [[Lanai]] | location =  | elevation-f = 1,308 | website = {{URL|hawaii.gov/lny}} | coordinates = {{coord|20|47|08|N|156|57|05|W|region:US-HI|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = United States Molokai-Lanai#USA Hawaii | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Hawaii | pushpin_label = '''LNY''' | pushpin_label_position = left | r1-number = 3/21 | r1-length-f = 5,001 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2016 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations | stat1-data = 6,326 | footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=LNY|use=PU|own=PU|site=52402.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 21, 2022.</ref> }}

'''Lanai Airport'''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hawaii.gov/lny | title = Lanai Airport | publisher = State of Hawaii | accessdate = June 16, 2012}}</ref> {{airport codes|LNY|PHNY|LNY}}, also written as '''Lāna{{okina}}i Airport''', is a state-owned public-use [[airport]] located three [[nautical mile]]s or about 3.4 [[miles]] (6 [[kilometre|km]]) southwest of the [[central business district]] of [[Lanai City, Hawaii|Lanai City]] (Lāna{{okina}}i City), in [[Maui County, Hawaii]].<ref name="FAA" /> The airport began regular operations in 1930.<ref name="lanaiair">{{cite web |url=http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/hawaii-airfields-airports/lanai/lanai-airport-1 |title=Lanai Airport |publisher=Hawaii Aviation |accessdate=January 1, 2015}}</ref> It is the only airport serving the island of [[Lanai]] (Lāna{{okina}}i).

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 non-hub primary commercial service 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=23 December 2016|format=PDF|date=21 October 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Lanai airport tarmac.jpg|thumb|Lanai Airport tarmac deplaning into terminal]]

==Facilities and aircraft== The airport covers an area of 505 [[acre]]s (204 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 1,308 feet (399 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 3/21 with an [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] surface measuring 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m).<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2016, the airport had 6,326 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 65% [[air taxi]], 25% [[airline|scheduled commercial]], 9% [[general aviation]] and 1% [[military aviation|military]]. In April 2022, there were no aircraft based at this airport.<ref name="FAA" />

The airport is served by a single commercial airline, [[Mokulele Airlines]] with the [[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX]].

==Airlines and destinations==  {{Unsourced section|date=June 2024}} The government of Hawaii did not charge landing fees from March 2021, to help during the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lanai Airport |url=https://airports.hawaii.gov/lny |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=airports.hawaii.gov |language=en}}</ref> {{Airport destination list |[[Lanai Airlines]]| [[Honolulu International Airport|Honolulu]]<ref>[https://www.lanaiair.com/flight-schedule/ Flight Schedule], Retrieved 2025-10-16</ref> | [[Mokulele Airlines]] | [[Honolulu International Airport|Honolulu]], [[Kahului Airport|Kahului]], [[Molokai Airport|Molokai]] }}

==Statistics== {{Airport-Statistics|iata=LNY}}

===Top destinations=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" width= align= |+ '''Busiest domestic routes from LNY (August 2024 – July 2025)'''<ref name=RITA>{{cite web |author=Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) |title=Lanai, HI: Lanai Airport (LNY) Scheduled Services except Freight/Mail |url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E&Nv42146=Yal&Nv42146_anzr=Yn0nv,%20UV:%20Yn0nv%20Nv42146&pn44vr4=SNPgf |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) |access-date=February 9, 2023}} </ref> ! Rank ! City ! Passengers ! Carriers |- | 1 | [[Daniel K. Inouye International Airport|Honolulu, Hawaii]] | 30,210 | Lanai, Mokulele |- | 2 | [[Kahului Airport|Kahului, Hawaii]] | 4,250 | Mokulele |- | 3 | [[Molokai Airport|Molokai, Hawaii]] | 230 | Mokulele |}

==Accidents and incidents== {| class="wikitable" !Date !Flight number !Information |- |February 26, 2014 | - |A chartered twin-engine [[Piper PA-31 Navajo]] aircraft operated by Maui Air crashed after takeoff from Lanai Airport one mile away. The plane was carrying a pilot and five employees of [[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui County]]. The pilot and two passengers were killed, while the other three passengers were injured.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/27/hawaii-lanai-plane-crash/5857269/ | title = 3 dead, 3 injured in Hawaii plane crash | newspaper = USA Today | date = 2014-02-27}}</ref> |}

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

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://hawaii.gov/lny Lanai Airport] * [http://www.hawaii.gov/dot/ Hawaii State Department of Transportation] * [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lat=20.7856&lon=-156.9514&w=600&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Topographic map] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]'' * {{FAA-procedures|LNY}} * {{US-airport2|LNY|PHNY}}

[[Category:Airports in Hawaii]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Maui County, Hawaii]] [[Category:Transportation in Maui County, Hawaii]] [[Category:Lanai]] [[Category:Airports established in 1930]] [[Category:1930 establishments in Hawaii]]