KOA

Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole

ICAO PHKO19.7388°N 156.0456°W51 ft / 15 mLarge airport
On the map
PHKO Airport Diagram
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Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (IATA: KOA, ICAO: PHKO) is a large airport in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States. It opened on 1 Jul 1970. It has one runway, 11,000 ft (3,353 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Hawaii Department of Transportation. In 2025 it handled 4.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1970–1970
01 JUL 1970
OpenedEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal 2
17/35185° / 005° · LIT
LENGTH11,000 ft3,353 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
2.9M
3.0M
3.1M
3.5M
3.6M
3.9M
1.2M
2.8M
4.0M
4.2M
4.0M
4.1M
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Routes

22 destinations · 2 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miMUE · Waimea Kohala Airport · 30 mi / 49 kmOGG · Kahului International Airport · 84 mi / 135 kmHNL · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · 163 mi / 263 kmLIH · Lihue Airport · 263 mi / 423 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 2,366 mi / 3,808 kmSJC · Mineta San Jose International Airport · 2,382 mi / 3,834 kmSMF · Sacramento International Airport · 2,434 mi / 3,917 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 2,502 mi / 4,026 kmSAN · San Diego International Airport · 2,553 mi / 4,108 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 2,607 mi / 4,196 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 2,689 mi / 4,327 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 2,715 mi / 4,369 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 2,856 mi / 4,597 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 3,325 mi / 5,351 kmYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 2,725 mi / 4,385 kmANC · Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport · 2,878 mi / 4,632 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 2,963 mi / 4,769 kmYYC · Calgary International Airport · 3,139 mi / 5,052 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 3,718 mi / 5,984 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 4,207 mi / 6,771 kmONT · Ontario International Airport · 2,548 mi / 4,101 kmRIV · March Air Reserve Base · 2,565 mi / 4,128 kmORDDFWDENYYCSLCANCPHXYVRPDXLAXSMFLIHLASSEAOGGSANSJCHNLRIVMUEKOA
Year-round14
MUEWaimea Kohala AirportUnited States · Mokulele Airlines49 km30 miOGGKahului International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines135 km84 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines263 km163 miLIHLihue AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines423 km263 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,808 km2,366 miSJCMineta San Jose International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,834 km2,382 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines3,917 km2,434 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines +14,026 km2,502 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines4,108 km2,553 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines4,196 km2,607 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines4,327 km2,689 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines4,369 km2,715 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines4,597 km2,856 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines5,351 km3,325 mi
Most destinationsAlaska Airlines 6Southwest Airlines 5Hawaiian Airlines 5United Airlines 4Delta Air Lines 3American Airlines 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KOA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kona International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers4.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#384of 3,974 · #10 Oceania · #74 USLongest runway11,000 ft3,353 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=659of 29,823 · #13 Oceania · =129 USElevation51 ft15 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#39,135of 43,341 · #1,765 Oceania · #14,673 USAgeOpened 19702026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,187of 15,079 · =116 Oceania · =4,340 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
ATISATIS127.400
CLDCLNC DEL121.900
CNTRHONOLULU CNTR126.000
CTAFCTAF120.300
RCOHONOLULU123.600
TWRTWR120.300