Kalaeloa Airport , also called
John RodgersJohn Rodgers was an officer in the United States Navy and an early aviator.-Biography:The great grandson of Commodores Rodgers and Perry, Rodgers was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1903...
Field (the original name of
Honolulu International AirportHonolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.It is located in the Honolulu...
) and formerly
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, is a joint civil-military regional airport of the
State of HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
established on July 1, 1999 to replace the
Ford Island NALFFord Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is connected to the main island by the Ford Island Bridge. Before the bridge was built, Ford Island could only be reached by a ferry boat which ran at hourly intervals for cars and foot passengers. The island houses several naval...
facilities which closed on June 30 of the same year. Located on the site of the developing unincorporated town of Kalaeloa and nestled between the
HonoluluThe City and County of Honolulu is a combined city-county jurisdiction located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is also the official municipal and cultural entity of the combined urban district of Honolulu and the rest of the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii, as prescribed in the city...
communities of Ewa Beach,
KapoleiKapolei, Hawaii is an unincorporated area community under the administrative jurisdiction of the City and County of Honolulu and the Mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States on the island of Oahu.. The 2007 population puts Kapolei itself not including Makakilo and Barbers Point at around 38,705...
and Campbell Industrial Park in
West OahuOahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, most flights to Kalaeloa Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands.
Kalaeloa Airport , also called
John RodgersJohn Rodgers was an officer in the United States Navy and an early aviator.-Biography:The great grandson of Commodores Rodgers and Perry, Rodgers was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1903...
Field (the original name of
Honolulu International AirportHonolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.It is located in the Honolulu...
) and formerly
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, is a joint civil-military regional airport of the
State of HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
established on July 1, 1999 to replace the
Ford Island NALFFord Island is located in the middle of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is connected to the main island by the Ford Island Bridge. Before the bridge was built, Ford Island could only be reached by a ferry boat which ran at hourly intervals for cars and foot passengers. The island houses several naval...
facilities which closed on June 30 of the same year. Located on the site of the developing unincorporated town of Kalaeloa and nestled between the
HonoluluThe City and County of Honolulu is a combined city-county jurisdiction located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is also the official municipal and cultural entity of the combined urban district of Honolulu and the rest of the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii, as prescribed in the city...
communities of Ewa Beach,
KapoleiKapolei, Hawaii is an unincorporated area community under the administrative jurisdiction of the City and County of Honolulu and the Mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii, United States on the island of Oahu.. The 2007 population puts Kapolei itself not including Makakilo and Barbers Point at around 38,705...
and Campbell Industrial Park in
West OahuOahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, most flights to Kalaeloa Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands. Kalaeloa Airport is primarily a commuter facility used by unscheduled air taxis, general aviation and transient and locally-based military aircraft.
Authority
Kalaeloa Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaii. The official authority of Kalaeloa Airport is the
Governor of HawaiiThe Governor of Hawaii, also called Ke Kiaaina o Hawaii, is the chief executive of the State of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of...
. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawaii State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawaii Airports Administrator.
The Hawaii Airports Administrator oversees six governing bodies: Airports Operations Office, Airports Planning Office, Engineering Branch, Information Technology Office, Staff Services Office, Visitor Information Program Office. Collectively, the six bodies have authority over the four airport districts in Hawaii:
Hawaii DistrictThe Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the U.S. State of Hawaii in the North Pacific Ocean...
,
Kauai DistrictKauai or Kauai is the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago and the 21st largest island in the United States...
,
Maui DistrictThe island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles and is the United States' 17th largest island. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai...
and the principal
Oahu DistrictThe City and County of Honolulu is a combined city-county jurisdiction located in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is also the official municipal and cultural entity of the combined urban district of Honolulu and the rest of the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii, as prescribed in the city...
. Kalaeloa Airport is a subordinate of the Oahu District officials.
NAS Barbers Point was closed by
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(BRAC) action in the 1990s, with the Navy aircraft, primarily P-3C
Orion maritime patrol aircraft assigned to squadrons of Patrol Wing Two, relocating to Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station, now
Marine Corps Base HawaiiMarine Corps Base Hawaii , formerly Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps base facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County of Honolulu. As of the 2000 Census, the base had a...
, on the other side of the island. However, Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, with its complement of HH-65
Dolphin helicopters and
HC-130The HC-130 is an extended-range, search and rescue and combat search and rescue version of the C-130 Hercules transport. HC-130H and HC-130J versions are operated by the United States Coast Guard in a SAR and maritime reconnaissance role and the HC-130N and HC-130P/N models are operated by the...
H
Hercules aircraft, remained after the Navy's departure.
Coast Guard Air StationA Coast Guard Air Station provides aviation support for the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC 130 Hercules built for long range missions operate from air stations...
Barbers Point is the only
Coast Guard Air StationA Coast Guard Air Station provides aviation support for the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC 130 Hercules built for long range missions operate from air stations...
within the 14th
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District.
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