#Lanai Airport

The Lānaʻi runway at Lānaʻi Airport (LNY) is closed due to a resurfacing supply issue, according to a notice issued by the state Department of Transportation on Saturday morning, Jan. 7, 2023.

Hawaii Department of Transportation advises the public that there is a training scenario planned at Lānaʻi Airport today, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

About 85 people were flown from Lānaʻi Airport to Kapalua Airport on Sunday with MEO buses transporting about 40 people from Kapalua Airport to Lahaina Small Boat Harbor and other destinations in Lahaina near parking lots. 

In approving a key document, the state Land Use Commission helped pave the way for Pūlama Lānaʻi’s proposed 200-acre industrial park on Lānaʻi — billed by project officials as a catalyst to diversify the economy beyond luxury tourism.

Hawai‘i airports are set to receive nearly $50 million to improve infrastructure and safety. The funding includes $11.7 million for airports specifically in Maui County. US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) announced the new federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The new funding will help support airport infrastructure projects that improve safety and operations efficiency, cut […]

The new funding will help support airports that have experienced severe economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency.

A brush fire on Lānaʻi burned an estimated 3-4 acres before being brought under control on Wednesday evening.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Airports Division has received authorization for $11,098,912 in Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations for five airports in Maui County. It’s part of a larger $46.3 million appropriation for a dozen airports across the state.

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.

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.

US Sen. Brian Schatz announced today that the airport will receive more than $11 million from the Federal Aviation Administration for “critical improvements.” 

Attorneys for Lānaʻi resident Solomon “Sol” Pili Kaho‘ohalahala filed a petition last week to intervene in the Lānaʻi Planning Commission “use determination” proceeding involving a request to use agricultural land as a take-off and landing strip for unmanned aircrafts.

The flood advisory that was in effect for Maui has since expired as of 4 p.m.

County officials have since confirmed that the pilot and two Department of Planning employees suffered fatal injuries in the crash. Two other planning employees were in critical condition and a deputy attorney for Corporation Counsel was in serious condition.

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a plane crash on the island of Lānaʻi reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in the Miki Road area to the East of the Lānaʻi Airport.

Schatz: “Our state will continue to receive funding for critical improvements, allowing Hawaiʻi to continue to grow as a tourist destination and economic center.”

“In addition to providing a modern aircraft rescue and fire fighting facility at Lanai Airport, the project provided a needed economic boost,” said Department of Transportation Director Glenn Okimoto.