Kalaeloa Airport

Kalaeloa Airport John Rodgers Field
IATA: none – ICAO: PHJR – FAA LID: JRF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Hawaii Department of Transportation
Location		Kapolei, Hawaii
Elevation AMSL		30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates		21°18′26″N 158°04′13″W / 21.30722°N 158.07028°W / 21.30722; -158.07028 (Kalaeloa Airport)Coordinates: 21°18′26″N 158°04′13″W / 21.30722°N 158.07028°W / 21.30722; -158.07028 (Kalaeloa Airport)
Website		hawaii.gov/jrf
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
4L/22R	4,500	1,372	Asphalt
4R/22L	8,000	2,438	Asphalt
11/29	6,000	1,829	Asphalt
Statistics (ending 31 December 2008)
Operations			139,710
Based aircraft			22
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Aerial view of NAS Barbers Point in 1976.

Kalaeloa Airport (ICAO: PHJR, FAA LID: JRF), 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 Hawaiʻi 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 ʻEwa Beach, Kapolei and Campbell Industrial Park in West Oʻahu, 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 Hawaiʻi. The official authority of Kalaeloa Airport is the Governor of Hawaiʻi. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawaiʻi Airports Administrator.

The Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi: Hawaiʻi District, Kauaʻi District, Maui District and the principal Oʻahu District. Kalaeloa Airport is a subordinate of the Oʻahu District officials.

Military usage

NAS Barbers Point was closed by Base Realignment and Closure (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 Hawaii, 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. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point is the only Coast Guard Air Station within the 14th United States Coast Guard District.

See also

World War II portal

• Hawaii World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

1. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for JRF (Form 5010 PDF)

• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5

External links

Gate at Naval Air Station Barber's Point as it appeared in December 1958

• Hawaiʻi DOT page for Kalaeloa Airport
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PHJR
  • ASN accident history for JRF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PHJR
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PHJR
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for JRF