Car Hire Hoolehua Airport

Hoolehua Airport Mini Guide

Hoolehua Airport is the main airport on the island of Molokai. Every year a number of tourists fly here from the United States mainland. They can look out for flights to the airport on departure and arrival boards via the airport code (IATA: MKK). They can also reserve cheap car hire at Hoolehua Airport online before arriving and then collect it once they have gone through customs. This is a public airport which serves the County of Maui. If you choose as global positioning devices to get around the island of Molokai then the coordinates for Hoolehua Airport are map longitude 21 09 10 N and map latitude 157 05 47 W.



Hoolehua Airport is owned and operated by the Hawaii Department of Transportation. It is located on the island of Molokai some 11 km to the north west of Kaunakakai. The airport has two runways for general aviation and a few military flights. Passengers arrive at the airport terminal to the north of the main runway. There are more than 40,000 aircraft operations per year. However there are only four single engine aircraft based at the airport.

Hoolehua Airport has flights with Mokulele Airlines and Island Air to Honolulu, Kahului, Kona and Kapalua. In 1989 there was actually an air flight disaster at Hoolehua Airport when a small plane crashed killing 20 people. Eight of them were children from the local schools. Since then much work has been done to improve the landing and takeoff route into the airport and it is considerably safer.