Hilo airport

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Hilo International Airport
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Characteristics
ICAO code PHTO
IATA code ITO
Coordinates

19 ° 43 '13 "  N , 155 ° 2' 54"  W Coordinates: 19 ° 43 '13 "  N , 155 ° 2' 54"  W
Height above MSL 12 m (39  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 1 km east of Hilo
Street Hawaii Belt Road
Basic data
opening 1928
operator Hawaii State Department of Transportation
Passengers 1,327,245 (2016)
Air freight 24,477 t (2016)
Flight
movements 		79,562 (2016)
Runways
03/21 1707 m × 46 m asphalt
08/26 2987 m × 46 m asphalt



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The Hilo International Airport ( English Hilo International Airport ) is the airport of the city of Hilo on the island of Hawai'i in the US state of Hawaii .

history

In 1927 approved the Hawaii Territory funds for the construction of airports in Hawaii, 25,000 of dollars for an airport at Hilo. The airport was inaugurated in February 1928. In 1929 Inter-Island Airways began passenger traffic between Hilo and Honolulu , and in 1934 it was connected to the airmail network .

Hilo Airport has expanded continuously, with funding from the Works Progress Administration and the Civil Aeronautics Administration , among others . In 1938 the prison, whose inmates had cleared the runway area when the airport was built, had to be relocated.

When the United States entered the Second World War , the airport was taken over by pioneers of the United States Army and expanded. In 1943, the Navy took control of Hilo Airport, but it continued to be used by the United States Army Air Corps . On April 19, 1943, the airport was renamed General Lyman Field in honor of Albert Kualii Lyman, the first Hawaiian to be named brigadier general .

In 1946, operational control was returned to the Territory and in 1947 it was designated one of three main airports for Hawaii. In 1952 the airport was formally completely transferred to the territory, and extensive expansion work began in the same year, including a new reception building.

In March 1965, the runway was lengthened to 9,600 ft (2,926 m), and the taxiways and apron were also extended by 1967 , so that in October 1967 regular jet aircraft flights were possible for the first time - offered by Pan American and United Airlines . In 1970 a commission recommended that Governor John Anthony Burns move the terminal to the south side of the airport. The new building was designed specifically for the Boeing 707 , but should also be able to handle the largest aircraft available, the Boeing 747 . Construction work began in July 1974 and the inauguration took place in April 1976.

The airport has been officially named Hilo International Airport since 1989 .

business

Hilo Airport has scheduled flights to destinations in Hawaii and the mainland of the United States.

Web links

Commons : Hilo International Airport  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Publications and Statistics. Hawaii.gov, accessed August 24, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Airport History ( English ) State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii: 1960-1969 ( English ) State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Airports Division .. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ a b c Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii: 1970-1979 ( English ) State of Hawaii Department of Transportation, Airports Division .. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  5. ↑ Airport Information ( English ) State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division. Retrieved May 14, 2011.