Port Allen Airport

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox airport | name = Port Allen Airport | nativename = ''Kahua Mokulele o Port Allen'' | image = | IATA = PAK | ICAO = PHPA | FAA = PAK | type = Public | owner-oper = [[Hawaii Department of Transportation]] | city-served = [[Hanapepe, Hawaii]] | location =  | elevation-f = 24 | elevation-m = 7 | pushpin_map = Hawaii | coordinates = {{coord|21|53|49|N|159|36|11|W|region:US-HI_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title|name=Port Allen Airport}} | website = {{URL|hawaii.gov/pak}} | r1-number = 9/27 | r1-length-f = 2,450 | r1-length-m = 747 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2008 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations | stat1-data = 5,535 | stat2-header = Based aircraft | stat2-data = 10 | footnotes = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]{{r|FAA}} }}

'''Port Allen Airport''' {{Airport codes|PAK|PHPA|PAK}} is a regional airport of the [[Hawaii|State of Hawai'i]]. It is located {{convert|1|NM|lk=in}} southwest<ref name="FAA"/> of the unincorporated town of [[Hanapepe, Hawaii|Hanapepe]] on the south shore of the island of [[Kauai|Kaua{{okina}}i]]. Most flights to Port Allen Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands by unscheduled air taxis and general aviation.

It is included in the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2017–2021, in which it is [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] as a [[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=23 December 2016|format=PDF|date=21 October 2016}}</ref>

==History== The 1928 the [[Territory of Hawaii|Territorial legislature]] allotted $15,000 to establish an airport on Kaua{{okina}}i, and purchased land at its present site. The first flight from Port Allen Airport, by [[Inter-Island Airways]], was in November 1929.{{r|begin}}

== Facilities and aircraft == Port Allen Airport covers an area of {{convert|179|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|24|ft}} above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 9/27 with an [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] surface measuring {{convert|2,450|by|60|feet|m}}.<ref name="FAA" />

The airport has separate parking areas for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and a public parking area. There are no other public facilities at the airport. Access to the airport is provided by Kaalani Road, which connects the airport with Lolokai Road and Highway 50. Adjacent to the airport are the salt ponds at Hanapepe where paakai is prepared. The principal planned improvements are the development of helicopter lease lots to the eastern end of the airport, construction of public comfort stations and minor roadway improvements.{{r|KHON2}}

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 5,535 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 59% [[air taxi]], 40% [[general aviation]], and 1% [[military aviation|military]]. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 40% [[helicopter]], 10% [[glider (sailplane)|glider]] and 50% [[ultralight]].<ref name="FAA" />

== Authority == Port Allen Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawai{{okina}}i. The official authority of Port Allen 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'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'i: [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai'i District]], [[Kauai|Kaua{{okina}}i District]], [[Maui|Mau'i District]] and the principal [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|O'ahu District]]. Port Allen Airport is a subordinate of the Kaua{{okina}}i District officials.

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

== References == <references>

<ref name="KHON2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.khon2.com/news/local-news/the-cultivation-of-hanapepe-paakai-or-salt-threatened-by-illegal-cesspool-nearby/|title=The cultivation of Hanapepe pa’akai, or salt, threatened by illegal cesspool nearby|date=2019-09-08|work=KHON2|first=Jenn |last=Boneza|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-09|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=PAK|use=PU|own=PU|site=52080.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.</ref>

<ref name="begin">{{cite web |url=http://hawaii.gov/hawaiiaviation/hawaii-airfields-airports/kauai/port-allen-airport |title=Port Allen Airport |publisher=Hawaiian Aviation |access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://hawaii.gov/pak Port Allen Airport (PAK)] at [[Hawaii DOT]] * {{US-airport-minor|PAK|PAK|PHPA}}

[[Category:Airports in Hawaii]] [[Category:Transportation in Kauai County, Hawaii]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Kauai County, Hawaii]] [[Category:Airports established in 1929]] [[Category:1929 establishments in Hawaii]]