Lanai Airport

Lanai Airport
Lānaʻi Airport
IATA: LNYICAO: PHNYFAA LID: LNY
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Hawaii Department of Transportation
Serves Lanai City, Hawaii
Elevation AMSL 1,308 ft / 399 m
Coordinates 20°47′08″N 156°57′05″W / 20.78556°N 156.95139°W / 20.78556; -156.95139Coordinates: 20°47′08″N 156°57′05″W / 20.78556°N 156.95139°W / 20.78556; -156.95139
Website Hawaii.gov/LNY
Map
LNY

Location of airport in Hawaii

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 6,760

Lanai Airport[2] (IATA: LNY, ICAO: PHNY, FAA LID: LNY), also written as Lānaʻi Airport, is a state owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Lanai City (Lānaʻi City), in Maui County, Hawaii.[1] The airport began regular operations in 1930.[3] It is the only airport serving the island of Lanai (Lānaʻi).

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 52,075 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 42,594 enplanements in 2009, and 43,922 in 2010.[5] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[6]

Facilities and aircraft

The airport covers an area of 505 acres (204 ha) at an elevation of 1,308 feet (399 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 16, 2007, the airport had 6,760 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 65% scheduled commercial, 22% air taxi, 12% general aviation, and 2% military.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
ʻOhana by Hawaiian
operated by Empire Airlines
Honolulu, Molokai

Accidents and incidents

On February 26, 2014, a charted twin-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft operated by Maui Air crashed after takeoff from Lanai Airport one mile away. The plane was carrying a pilot and five employees of Maui County. The male pilot and two passengers, both female, were killed, while the other three passengers were injured.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for LNY (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. "Lanai Airport". State of Hawaii. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  3. "Lanai Airport". Hawaii Aviation. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  4. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  6. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  7. "Small plane crashes on Lanai Island leaving three dead". Hawaii Telegraph. Retrieved February 27, 2014.

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