#Airspace Modernization Roadmap Strategy
Reconstruction of Kahului Airport’s main runway down to 2 options — with drastic differences in price, resiliency
One alternative calls for building a temporary runway that is $300 million cheaper, while the other alternative builds a second permanent parallel runway for an island that relies heavily on air transportation for cargo and its economy.
Kahului Airport’s main runway built during World War II prioritized for first reconstruction project
“After 80 years of fixing and milling and filling … the cracks, it’s added useful life. But, we’re at the end of it’s useful life,” said Curt Otaguro, the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation’s deputy director for airports. “It’s done.”