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Upolu Airport is a small general aviation airport located 3 miles northwest of Hawi. It covers 84 acres and has one runway, 7-25, which is 3,800 feet x 75 feet long. UPP has no aviation services.
In the early days of aviation in Hawaii, Upolu Airport was an airstrip known as Suiter Field, The U.S. Signal Corps maintained a communication station there. Inter-Island Airways, which began passenger service in 1929, used the field as an emergency stop on its route to Hilo, as well as to provide air service to the district of Kohala.
Suiter Field was maintained by the Territory of Hawaii with FERA and WPA funds prior to 1937. From 1937 to 1939, additional WPA funds were expended in extending the runway to 3,500 feet and in making other improvements to the installation.
Recommended capital improvements for Upolu Airport were divided into two phases.
Recommended Phase I (1998-2005) improvements included land acquisition for a runway safety area and runway object free acres (1 acre) and runway protection zone (13 acres); construction of a 1,000 square foot HDOT maintenance building, $80,000; cesspool/septic tanks, $18,000; new chain link fencing, $29,000; and widening and paving of the airport access road (1.8 miles), $731,000.
Recommended Phase II (2006-2020) improvements included land acquisition for future relocation of the passenger terminal; earthwork/grading for new taxiways and apron expansion, $300,000; construction of new parallel and entry/exit taxiways for Runway 7-25, $568,000; relocation of segmented circle and wind cone, $3,000; construction of new aircraft parking apron pavement, $108,000; development of general aviation hangar facilities, $60,000; extension of potable water system, $6,000; extension of electric/telephone/communication/lighting systems, $676,000; installation of fire protection system, glass fused to steel tank (30,000 gallons), $95,000; and installation of a new emergency electrical generator, $82,000.
For more historical information on Upolu Airport, visit Hawaii Aviation: Upolu Airport.
For more information on Upolu Airport contact the Hawaii Airport District Manager at (808) 327-9520 or email [email protected].
