Molokai Airport

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Molokai Airport

IATA: MKK – ICAO: PHMK
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Hawaii Depertment of Transportation
Location Kaunakakai, Hawaii
Elevation AMSL 454 ft / 138.4 m
Coordinates 21°09′10″N 157°05′47″W / 21.15278, -157.09639
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,494 1,370 Asphalt
17/35 3,118 950 Asphalt

Molokai Airport (IATA: MKKICAO: PHMK) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) northwest of Kaunakakai, on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the principal airport of the island.

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Molokai Airport occupies 288 acres (1.2 km²) on the central plateau of the island of Molokai. The airport has two runways that accommodate commuter/air taxi and general aviation activities, as well as some military flights. The passenger terminal complex and general aviation facilities are north of the runway intersection; the passenger terminal complex is near the principal runway and the general aviation facilities are near the crosswind runway. Vehicular access to these two areas is provided by separate access roadways, each connecting with Keonelele Avenue.

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Aloha Island Air Flight 1712

On October 28, 1989, Aloha Island Air flight 1712, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, collided with mountainous terrain near Halawa Valley, Molokai, while en route on a scheduled passenger flight from Kahului Airport to Molokai Airport in Hoolehua.

The NTSB determined the cause of the accident was the airplanes controlled flight into terrain as a result of the decision of the captain to continue the flight under visual flight rules at night into instrument meteorological conditions, which obscured rising mountainous terrain.[1]

All 20 aboard the aircraft died. Thirteen of the victims were from Molokai, including eight members of the Molokai High School boys and girls volleyball teams and two faculty members. The girls team had just qualified on Maui for the state tournament.[2]

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