Hawaii Aviation

Molokai

1947 National Airport Plan for Kalaupapa Airport

AIRPORTS & AIRFIELDS

The Territorial Aeronautical Commission considered in December 1929 that if the baseball field at Kalaupapa was cleared of stones and the take-off lengthened about 250 or 300 feet, it would give the Territory a good emergency landing field on the island. The work on the field would be done by patient labor, not to exceed $500.

1947 National Airport Plan for Molokai Airport

Molokai Airport (Hoolehua Airport)

On July 15, 1927, aviators Emory Bronte and Ernest Smith made history when they crashed their Travelair monoplane City of Oakland into kiawe trees on the southeast coast of Molokai. It was the first successful trans-Pacific flight by civilians. The pair was expected to land at Wheeler Field on Oahu, but ran out of fuel over Molokai causing them to crash land.

Pukoo Airport

In 1947, the Territorial Superintendent of Public Works proposed constructing a Class I airport at Pukoo, Molokai.

SEAPLANE ANCHORAGES

Kalaupapa	Lat 2112′ N., 15653′ W. It is an an emergency landing during ordinary weather. Subjects to heavy swells and need permission to visit.
Kamalo Harbor	Kamalo Harbor is a pocket in the reef opening southward. Provisions and water can be obtained in limited quantities.
Kaunakakai Harbor	Kaunakakai Harbor is pocketed, 600 yards long and 200 yards wide, in the reef and open southward. The village consists of a few houses and stores about 1/2 mile inland from the mole.