#Kahului Airport

“Most of the car rental companies are starting to send cars back to the mainland.  We’ve had quite a reduction–although it doesn’t look like it–but we’ve had a reduction in vehicles that we house here at the airport,” said Moniz.

On Saturday, May 9, a total of 857 people arrived in Hawaiʻi including 255 visitors and 334 residents, according to new information compiled by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. While passenger counts continue to rise, there were no trans-Pacific flights to Maui on Saturday.  The island continues to see an average of 3 to 4 domestic flights from the mainland per week as a result of reduced flight schedules. 

Over the period, covering all of April and six days in March, Maui saw 1,621 air visitors on 61 trans-Pacific flights, including 358 visitors, 594 residents, 122 intended residents, 546 crew members and a single individual in transit to another location. A large portion of those who arrived said they came to visit friends or relatives.

Yesterday a total of 640 people arrived in Hawai‘i including 166 visitors and 196 residents. There was a total of 14 arriving flights. Maui had no trans-Pacific flights on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

For a third day this week, Maui County had no trans-Pacific flights (domestic flights) from the mainland on Saturday. Of the 112 interisland passengers that arrived at Kahului Airport on Thursday, April 23 (2020), 89 were from O‘ahu and 16 were from Lāna‘i.  Of the 23 passengers that arrived at Moloka‘i Airport, 12 were from O‘ahu and 11 were from Maui.  Of the 18 passengers that arrived at Lāna‘i Airport, 3 were from O‘ahu and 15 were from Maui.

For a second day this week, Maui County had no trans-Pacific flights (domestic flights) from the mainland on Thursday. Only Delta Airlines is flying from Los Angeles to Kahului-Maui, Kona-Hawaiʻi and Līhuʻe-Kauaʻi 3 to 4 times a week.

Air arrivals to Maui totaled 22 on Saturday with a single flight arriving from out-of-state. This included 6 crew members, 8 residents and 8 visitors.

“There was nowhere where they were going. One of them actually said that they were headed to the homeless resource center,” said Mayor Victorino during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. “So two of them that would have been on the island of Maui, returned home and not clutter up and take assets away from our people here in Maui County,” he said.

With many travelers opting to leave before a mandatory quarantine takes effect on Thursday, and stay-at-home order take effect on Wednesday, the overflow of returned rental vehicles is starting to pile up around Kahului Airport.  The actions are taken as state and county officials attempt to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent an overburdened medical system.  

Emergency crews are on the scene of a small plane that is laying upside down at Kahului Airport on Maui.  Witnesses tell us the incident occurred at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.  The tail rotor number is N738DB. The Flightware website lists the last registered (Nov. 2019) owner as Fly Maui LLC out of Kihei, Maui.

Mayor Michael Victorino answers some of the most-asked questions.

Mayor Michael Victorino answers some of the most-asked questions.

Mayor Michael Victorino answers some of the most-asked questions. 

Fire fighting units at Kahului Airport will be conducting fire training exercises today, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Smoke may be visible in the airport area. It is only a drill.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation will begin temporary construction on Old Haleakalā Highway/Kala Road at the Kahului Airport starting on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.

The nonprofit Maui Nui Marine Resource Council has introduced new coral reef conservation displays at Kahului Airport.

Due to an anticipated influx of travelers this holiday season, the state Department of Transportation is advising the public of limited parking spaces at airports throughout the islands.

“Previous resurfacing projects have extended the pavement’s useful life, however, they did not address the deteriorated subbase that is the source of recurring surface cracking.” 

This will be the first arrival on Maui of what is to be a regular route for West Jet’s 787, which can hold between 242 to 330 passengers.

Canadian airline West Jet will be debuting its 787 Dreamliner aircraft at Kahului Airport when it lands here on October 31.