Waimea Kohala Airport

ICAO PHMU20.0013°N 155.6680°W2,671 ft / 814 mMedium airport

Waimea Kohala Airport (IATA: MUE, ICAO: PHMU) is a medium airport in Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii, United States. It opened in Apr 1953. It has one runway, 5,197 ft (1,584 m) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1953–1953

APR 1953

OpenedWaimea Kohala Airport opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

04/22052° / 232° · LIT

LENGTH5,197 ft1,584 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024

10K

14K

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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Year-round2

KOAEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at KeāholeUnited States · Mokulele Airlines49 km30 mi OGGKahului International AirportUnited States · Mokulele Airlines127 km79 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MUE. From the Wikipedia article “Waimea–Kohala Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers8K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,777of 3,974 · #160 Oceania · #494 US Longest runway5,197 ft1,584 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,019of 29,823 · =322 Oceania · =1,608 US Elevation2,671 ft814 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#6,374of 43,341 · #223 Oceania · #2,371 US AgeOpened 19532026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,935of 15,079 · =86 Oceania · =2,667 US Runways11 · 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

3 channels

CNTRHONOLULU CNTR126.000

CTAFCTAF122.900

RDOHONOLULU122.100