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{{short description|Airport in Maui County, Hawaii}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox airport
| name                = Molokai Airport
| nativename          = ''Kahua Mokulele o Moloka‘i''
| image               = Molokai_airport.jpg
| image-width         = 250
| caption             = Approach to Runway 5 (2008)
| IATA                = MKK
| ICAO                = PHMK
| FAA                 = MKK
| WMO                 = 91186
| type                = Public
| owner-oper          = [[Hawaii Department of Transportation]]
| city-served         = [[Molokai]]
| elevation-f         = 454
| website             = {{URL|hawaii.gov/mkk}}
| coordinates         = {{coord|21|09|10|N|157|05|47|W|region:US-HI_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map         = United States Molokai-Lanai#USA Hawaii
| pushpin_mapsize     = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Hawaii
| pushpin_label       = '''MKK'''
| pushpin_label_position = top
| r1-number           = 5/23
| r1-length-f         = 4,494
| r1-surface          = Asphalt
| r2-number           = 17/35
| r2-length-f         = 3,118
| r2-surface          = Asphalt
| stat-year           = 
| stat1-header        = Aircraft operations (2019)
| stat1-data          = 45,219
| stat2-header        = Based aircraft (2022)
| stat2-data          = 6
| footnotes           = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=MKK|use=PU|own=PU|site=52294.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 21, 2022.</ref>
}}

'''Molokai Airport''', {{Airport codes|MKK|PHMK|MKK}} also known as '''Hoolehua Airport''' is a state-owned, public use [[airport]] located six&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (7&nbsp;[[mile|mi]], 11&nbsp;[[kilometre|km]]) northwest of [[Kaunakakai, Hawaii|Kaunakakai]],<ref name="FAA"/> on the island of [[Molokai]] in [[Maui County, Hawaii]], United States. It is the principal airport of the island. The largest plane to ever fly here regularly was a Boeing 737-200 jet, which seats 127 passengers.

It is included in the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) [[National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems]] for 2021–2025, in which it is [[FAA airport categories|categorized]] as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.<ref name="NPIAS Airports">{{cite web|title=List of NPIAS Airports|url=https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2017-2021-Appendix-A.pdf|website=FAA.gov|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration|access-date=23 December 2016|format=PDF|date=21 October 2016}}</ref>

==Facilities and aircraft==
Molokai Airport occupies {{convert|288|acres|abbr=on}} at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|454|ft|abbr=on}} above [[mean sea level]] on the central [[plateau]] of the island of Molokai.  The airport has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] paved [[runways]] that accommodate commuter/[[air taxi]] and [[general aviation]] activities, as well as some military flights: runway 5/23 is {{convert|4494|by|100|ft|abbr=on}} and runway 17/35 is {{convert|3118|by|100|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="FAA" />

The [[Airport terminal|passenger terminal]] complex and general aviation facilities are north of the runway [[Intersection (road)|intersection]]; the passenger terminal complex is near the principal runway and the general aviation facilities are near the crosswind runway.  Vehicular access to these two areas is provided by separate access [[roadway]]s, each connecting with Keonelele Avenue.

For the 12-month period ending January 11, 2019, the airport had 45,219 aircraft operations, an average of 124 per day: 86% [[air taxi]], 11% [[general aviation]] and 3% [[military aviation|military]]. In April 2022, there were six aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.<ref name="FAA" />

The sole airline that services Molokai, [[Mokulele Airlines]], operates the [[Cessna Grand Caravan]] 208EX aircraft into the airport.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Fleet|url=https://mokuleleairlines.com/our-fleet/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Mokulele Airlines {{!}} Hawaii's Favorite Island Hopper|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==
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The following [[airline]]s offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
{{Airport destination list
| [[Mokulele Airlines]] | [[Honolulu International Airport|Honolulu]], [[Kahului Airport|Kahului]], [[Kalaupapa Airport|Kalaupapa]], [[Lanai Airport|Lanai]]
}}

==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=MKK}}
==Accidents and incidents==
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Flight number
!Information
|-
|October 28, 1989
|[[Aloha Island Air Flight 1712|MKU1712]]
|[[Aloha Island Air Flight 1712]], a [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] registered as N707PV, collided with mountains at night near [[Halawa, Molokai|Halawa Valley]], Molokai, while en route on a scheduled passenger flight from [[Kahului Airport]] to Molokai Airport in Hoolehua. The [[NTSB]] determined the cause of the accident was the airplane's controlled flight into terrain as a result of the decision of the captain to continue the flight under [[visual flight rules]] at night into instrument meteorological conditions, which obscured rising mountains.<ref name="NTSB-WP1712">{{cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR90-05.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207085349/http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR90-05.pdf|archive-date=2012-02-07|url-status=usurped|access-date=2012-02-02}}</ref> All 20 aboard the aircraft died. 13 of the victims were from Molokai, including eight members of the Molokai High School boys' and girls' volleyball teams and two faculty members. The girls' team had just qualified on Maui for the state tournament.<ref name="AlohaIslandAir1712">[http://starbulletin.com/1999/10/28/news/story2.html Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|-
|May 10, 2000
|N/A
|A Rockwell [[North American Sabreliner]] 65 operated by Price Aircraft Company inbound from [[Kahului Airport]] impacted a mountain ridge 3.3 miles SW of Kaunakaka on a night visual approach to MKK. All six occupants (two crew, four passengers) were killed.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=20000510-0|accessdate=November 6, 2020|title=N241H}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Hawaii]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://hawaii.gov/mkk Hawaii DOT page for Molokai Airport]
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lat=21.1529&lon=-157.0963&w=800&h=800&lp=---+None+--- Topographic map] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* {{FAA-diagram|00759}}
* {{FAA-procedures|MKK}}
* {{US-airport2|MKK|PHMK}}

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Maui County, Hawaii]]
[[Category:Transportation in Maui County, Hawaii]]
[[Category:Molokai]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1927]]
[[Category:1927 establishments in Hawaii]]