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Kona International is the only remaining major airport in the Hawaiian Islandswhere passengers board using mobile stairs or ramps, instead of more modern jet bridges. Despite the less modern facilities, Kona is used by large airliners including the Airbus A321and A330[30]along with the Boeing 717, 737, 757, 767, and 777.
Pacific Missile Range Facility. / 22.02278°N 159.78500°W / 22.02278; -159.78500. The Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands ( IATA: BKH, ICAO: PHBK, FAA LID: BKH) is a U.S. naval facility and airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the central business district of Kekaha, in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. [1]
The Hawaiʻi Belt Road is a modern name for the Māmalahoa Highway and consists of Hawaiʻi state Routes 11, 19, and 190 that encircle the Island of Hawaiʻi. The southern section, between Hilo and Kailua-Kona is numbered as Route 11. The section between Hilo and Waimea is Route 19.
Ka Lae ( Hawaiian: the point ), also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. The Ka Lae area is registered as a National Historic Landmark District under the name South Point Complex. The area is also known for its strong ocean currents and winds and is the home of a wind farm .
A paved road 2.6 mi (4.2 km) north of Kona International Airport leads to the beach. Hawaiian stilt. The wetland area behind Makalawena beach was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1972. The marsh is known as ʻŌpaeʻula Pond (Hawaiian for "red shrimp") and was the site of a small fishing village that was wiped out in the 1946 tsunami.
The Mauna Kea Observatories ( MKO) are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, United States. The facilities are located in a 525-acre (212 ha) special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct", which is located ...
November 21, 1992. Keāhole Point is the westernmost point of the island of Hawaii. The Kona International Airport was moved here from directly north of the town of Kailua-Kona in 1970, when the previous smaller airstrip was converted into the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area. The name comes from Ke ʻāhole since the ʻāhole fish ...
Additionally, a wind advisory is in effect for the Hawaii island summits through 6 p.m. today. Southerly winds of 45 to 55 mph with localized gusts over 60 mph are buffeting the summits.