# Waimea Kohala Airport (MUE / PHMU)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/phmu

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MUE / PHMU
- FAA: MUE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii, United States
- Opened: Apr 1953
- Elevation: 2,671 ft / 814 m
- Coordinates: 20.0013, -155.6680
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,197 ft / 1,584 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 7,911 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC-10 · Pacific/Honolulu
- Website: http://hawaii.gov/mue
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waimea%E2%80%93Kohala_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7960117
- Weather station: PHMU
- Ident: PHMU

## Timeline

- Apr 1953: Waimea Kohala Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 5,197 ft / 1,584 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 052° / 232° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 2,624 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 10,044 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 14,387 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 8,728 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 8,729 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 8,011 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,641 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,691 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 6,619 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 8,673 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,166 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 7,911 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [KOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phko.md) Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole · United States · 30 mi / 49 km · Mokulele Airlines
- [OGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phog.md) Kahului International Airport · United States · 79 mi / 127 km · Mokulele Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MUE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- MW [Mokulele Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mokulele-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2024) | #2,777 of 3,974 | #160 in Oceania | #494 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,197 ft / 1,584 m | =6,022 of 29,858 | =322 in Oceania | =1,609 in US |
| Elevation | 2,671 ft / 814 m | #6,378 of 43,403 | #224 in Oceania | #2,375 in US |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =86 in Oceania | =2,667 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | HONOLULU CNTR | 126.000 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.900 |
| RDO | HONOLULU | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [KOA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phko.md) Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole · 31 mi / 49 km
- [ITO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phto.md) Hilo International Airport · 45 mi / 72 km
- [HNM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phhn.md) Hana Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [OGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phog.md) Kahului International Airport · 79 mi / 127 km
- [JHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phjh.md) Kapalua Airport · 93 mi / 150 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Waimea–Kohala Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waimea–Kohala_Airport&oldid=1363086855), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/phmu/data