Lanai Airport


Lanai Airport, also written as Lānai Airport, is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles or about 3.4 miles southwest of the central business district of Lanai City, in Maui County, Hawaii. The airport began regular operations in 1930. It is the only airport serving the island of Lanai.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 52,075 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 42,594 enplanements in 2009, and 43,922 in 2010. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 505 acres at an elevation of 1,308 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 150 feet.
For the 12-month period ending March 16, 2007, the airport had 6,760 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 65% scheduled commercial, 22% air taxi, 12% general aviation, and 2% military.

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

On February 26, 2014, a charted twin-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft operated by Maui Air crashed after takeoff from Lanai Airport one mile away. The plane was carrying a pilot and five employees of Maui County. The male pilot and two passengers, both female, were killed, while the other three passengers were injured.