Kalaeloa Airport

Kalaeloa Airport (IATA: JRF, ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF), also called John Rodgers Field (the original name of Honolulu International Airport) and formerly Naval Air Station Barbers Point, is a joint civil-military regional airport of the State of Hawaiʻi established on July 1, 1999, to replace the Ford Island NALF 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 Honolulu communities of ʻEwa Beach, Kapolei and Campbell Industrial Park in West Oʻahu, most flights to Kalaeloa Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands. While Kalaeloa Airport is primarily a commuter facility used by unscheduled air taxis, general aviation and transient and locally based military aircraft, the airport saw first-ever scheduled airline service begin on July 1, 2014, with Mokulele Airlines operating flights to Kahului Airport on Maui.

Kalaeloa Airport

Kahua Mokulele o Kalaeloa
Two North American FJ-4 Fury's pass Naval Air Station Barbers Point (now Kalaeloa Airport) in January 1958.
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorHawaii Department of Transportation
LocationKapolei, Hawaii
Elevation AMSL30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates21°18′26″N 158°04′13″W
Websitehawaii.gov/jrf
Map
JRF is located in Hawaii
JRF
JRF
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04L/22R 4,500 1,372 Asphalt
04R/22L 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
11/29 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (ending 31 December 2008)
Operations139,710
Based aircraft22

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional reliever facility.[2]

Authority

Kalaeloa Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawaiʻi. The official authority of Kalaeloa Airport is the Governor of Hawaiʻi. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawaiʻi Airports Administrator.

The Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi: Hawaiʻi District, Kauaʻi District, Maui District and the principal Oʻahu District. Kalaeloa Airport is a subordinate of the Oʻahu District officials.

Airlines and destinations

Mokulele Airlines became the first airline to provide scheduled service at Kalaeloa when it began flights to Kahului Airport on Maui on July 1, 2014.[3] After serving the airport for over two years and finding itself unable to make a profit doing so, the airline ended scheduled service at the airport in September 2016.[4]

Military usage
Main article: Naval Air Station Barbers Point
Further information: Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point

NAS Barbers Point was closed by Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action in the late 1990s, with the Navy aircraft, primarily P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft assigned to squadrons of Patrol Wing Two and SH-60B Seahawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37 (HSL-37), relocating to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, now Marine Corps Base Hawaii, on the other side of the island.

CGAS Barbers Point, with its HC-130H Hercules and HH-65 Dolphin helicopters, was a former tenant command at NAS Barbers Point and continues to operate as the remaining military aviation presence at the airfield.

  • Sign for Exit 2 Kalaeloa Airport on Interstate H-1
    Sign for Exit 2 Kalaeloa Airport on Interstate H-1
  • A Hawaiian Airlines 717 at Kalaeloa Airport
    A Hawaiian Airlines 717 at Kalaeloa Airport

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for JRF PDF
  2. "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. Segal, Dave (May 13, 2014). "Tickets go on sale for Mokulele's Kalaeloa Airport service". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  4. Daysog, Rick (September 26, 2016). "Mokulele Airlines halts service from Kalaeloa Airport". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
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