Re: Hawaii's Interisland Air War - Chapter 2
I'm not sure about the validity of this. But as far as I understand the
the aircraft can control the runaway lighting after the Kona Tower
closes at 8PM. It is radio controlled through the tower frequency.
As United, American, US Air (Delta seasonally) have flights AFTER
8PM at night. If memory serves me correctly US Air has a 10:59PM
flight to Phoenix AZ from Kona.
After 8PM, I believe all air traffic leaving, approaching Ke-ahole communicates
with Honolulu Center (The main FAA air traffic control in Honolulu). Also believe
it or not, Ke-Ahole is one of the second tier airports in the United States not
using FAA air traffic controllers. It is outsourced, as far as I understand. On
the other hand Hilo has FAA controllers as it is used as approach control for
incoming flights to Hawaii.
Originally posted by joshuatree
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the aircraft can control the runaway lighting after the Kona Tower
closes at 8PM. It is radio controlled through the tower frequency.
As United, American, US Air (Delta seasonally) have flights AFTER
8PM at night. If memory serves me correctly US Air has a 10:59PM
flight to Phoenix AZ from Kona.
After 8PM, I believe all air traffic leaving, approaching Ke-ahole communicates
with Honolulu Center (The main FAA air traffic control in Honolulu). Also believe
it or not, Ke-Ahole is one of the second tier airports in the United States not
using FAA air traffic controllers. It is outsourced, as far as I understand. On
the other hand Hilo has FAA controllers as it is used as approach control for
incoming flights to Hawaii.
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