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Molokai Airport, also known as Hoolehua Airport, is the principal airport serving the island of Molokai, Hawaii, sited on the island's central plateau some six nautical miles northwest of Kaunakakai. It handles scheduled commuter service, general aviation and occasional military traffic across two paved runways, and offers a straightforward VFR destination amid the quiet, open landscape of rural Molokai.
Molokai Airport (ICAO: PHMK, IATA: MKK), also known as Hoolehua Airport, is a state-owned, public-use aerodrome and the principal airport of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii. It is operated by the Hawaii Department of Transportation, Airports Division, and is classified by the FAA as a non-hub primary commercial service facility. For a simulator pilot it offers a compact island field with two intersecting runways, light commuter and general aviation traffic, and the relaxed character of a rural Hawaiian outpost.
The airport sits on the central plateau of Molokai, about six nautical miles northwest of the town of Kaunakakai. It is the only significant airfield on the island and lies within Hawaiian airspace overseen by Honolulu Center. The passenger terminal complex is positioned near the principal runway, north of the runway intersection, while the general aviation facilities lie near the crosswind runway, with separate access roads from Keonelele Avenue serving each area.
The field has two physical runways, both hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 05/23 is the longer, with the 05 threshold giving 4,490 feet and the 23 threshold 3,892 feet available. Runway 17/35 crosses it, with the 17 threshold giving 2,701 feet and the 35 threshold 3,128 feet. Field elevation is 436 feet above mean sea level. There is no ILS approach at Molokai.
Molokai's ATIS broadcasts on 128.2 MHz. The common traffic advisory frequency is 125.7 MHz, which is also used as the tower frequency, while ground movements are handled on 121.9 MHz. Honolulu Center provides area control on 124.1 MHz, and Honolulu Radio can be reached on 116.1 MHz.
The site was set aside for aviation use by Territorial Executive Order in December 1927, following a $5,000 legislative appropriation the same year for development of government land at Hoolehua. Inter-Island Airways began interisland service to Molokai on 11 November 1929 using Sikorsky S-38 amphibians. Clearing of the airport was approved in October 1931, and by 1937 the field had grown to three runways of 1,000, 2,600 and 2,600 feet, each 300 feet wide with graded margins. The airport has since been the scene of two notable accidents: on 28 October 1989, Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter en route from Kahului, struck mountains near Halawa Valley at night in a controlled-flight-into-terrain accident, killing all 20 aboard, including members of the Molokai High School volleyball teams; and on 10 May 2000 a Rockwell Sabreliner 65 inbound from Kahului struck a mountain ridge 3.3 miles southwest of Kaunakakai on a night visual approach, killing all six occupants.
Molokai Airport occupies roughly 288 acres on the island's central plateau and continues to handle commuter and air taxi traffic, general aviation movements and occasional military flights. Mokulele Airlines is the sole scheduled carrier, operating Cessna Grand Caravan 208EX aircraft on routes to Honolulu, Kahului and Kalaupapa. As of April 2022 six single-engine aircraft were based at the field. The airport is owned and operated by the State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division.
