Kalaeloa Airport , 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 Hawaii 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 Ewa Beach, Kapolei and Campbell Industrial Park in West Oahu, most flights to Kalaeloa Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands. Kalaeloa Airport is primarily a commuter facility used by unscheduled air taxis, general aviation and transient and locally-based military aircraft.

Authority

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

The Hawaii 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 Hawaii: Hawaii District, Kauai District, Maui District and the principal Oahu District. Kalaeloa Airport is a subordinate of the Oahu District officials.

NAS Barbers Point was closed by BRAC action in the 1990s, with the Navy aircraft, primarily P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft assigned to squadrons of Patrol Wing TWO, relocating to Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, now Marine Corps Base Kanehoe, on the other side of the island. However, Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, with its complement of HH-65 Dolphin helicopters and HC-130H Hercules aircraft, remained after the Navy's departure, making Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point the home of the only Coast Guard Air Station within the 14th United States Coast Guard District.

References

• Great Circle Mapper: PHJR - Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii (Kalaeloa Airport)

External links

• Hawaii DOT page for Kalaeloa Airport