Kona Hawaii
Kona International Airport at Keahole (KOA)
Kona International Airport at Keahole occupies 3,450 acres of land about seven miles northwest of Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii. The airport accommodates domestic overseas, international, interisland, commuter/air taxi, and general aviation activities. It has an 11,000-foot runway and a complex of facilities at the eastern edge of the airfield for arriving and departing passengers, air cargo and mail, airport support, and general aviation operations. These facilities are served by an access roadway extending from the Queen Kaahumanu Highway. At the passenger terminals, the access roadway forms a one-way loop enclosing public parking and rental car check-in facilities. An additional complex of facilities, used primarily by rental car agencies for returns, general maintenance, and storage is located along the airport access roadway, midway between the passenger terminals and the highway. General aviation, cargo, and related facilities are located to the south of the passeng ... [Read More]
Hawaii OTEC Fact Sheet
In 1980, OTEC-1, a converted Navy tanker moored in waters off Kawaihae on the Kona Coast, tested heat exchangers and other components of a closed-cycle OTEC plant and investigated the environmental effects of an ocean-stationed OTEC plant. It was not designed to generate electricity. This was a USDOE-funded project. ... [Read More]
Land Division Contested Cases
A Conservation District Use Application (CDUA) was filed for Kohanaiki's proposed access and utility easement. During the 180-day CDUA processing period, a Public Hearing was held on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at the NELHA facility in Kailua-Kona. During the Public Hearing, two people asked for a petition for a CCH. Currently, a Hearing Officer is being selected to run the CCH. ... Kailua-Kona, Hawaii ... South Kona, Hawaii ... [Read More]
BTS - Press Releases
The largest year-to-year fare increase among the 85 largest airline markets, ranked by originating passengers, was 15.8 percent in Kona, HI, and the top four fare increases all took place at Hawaii airports. Des Moines, IA, had the largest increase of any non-Hawaiian city ( Table 4 ), although its index remains well below the overall ATPI for U.S.-origin itineraries. The biggest year-to-year fare decrease was 9.9 percent in Philadelphia. Other top declines were in San Juan, PR, Charlotte, NC, Boston and Ft. Lauderdale, FL. ... [Read More]
Hawaii solar photovoltaic energy (PV)
In 1989-1990 PV-powered vehicles were built by students at Farrington, Pearl City and Roosevelt high schools on Oahu, and Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Konawaena High School, and Naalehu Intermediate School on the Island of Hawaii. The six vehicles participated in the 1989-1990 Kaahele La competition. The winning car and team from Konawaena High School competed in and finished 18th of 36 teams in the 1990 World Solar Challenge race in Australia. ... In the summer of 1993 a team of Konawaena High School students drove a PV-powered car 3,480 miles across the U.S. mainland in 41 days, setting a new record. The vehicle, Spirit of Aloha , was designed and built by the students and had its origins in DBEDT's 1990 Kaahele La interscholastic solar car competition. ... [Read More]
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