Aviation History of Lanai Island in Hawaiid

Aviation History of Lanai Island

Article with a timeline featuring the aviation history of Lanai Island in Hawaii from 1919 to the present day .

1919	An emergency landing strip was established on Lanai.
1930	Inter-Island Airways (Hawaiian Airlines) begins service to Lanai Airport, a sod field owned by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company.
1941	Air service to Lanai is stopped as the field is not large enough to handle the larger aircraft being used by Inter-Island Airways. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, all airports are taken over by the military.
1946	A new airport site for Lanai is chosen and on September 18 Hawaiian Airlines resumes service there.
1947	The runway and taxiway at Lanai Airport are paved as the field was a sod strip unusable in wet weather. This is the first field constructed by the Hawaiian Aeronautics Commission.
1952	An air freight terminal building is constructed.
1965	Construction of a passenger terminal building begins on June 14 at Lanai Airport.
1966	Lanai Airport’s newly extended runway is dedicated on October 16.
1992	The extension of the aprons and taxiways at Lanai Airport was completed in February at a cost of $4.9 million. A new 4,000 square foot cargo building was opened in November.
1994	The Lanai Airport access road, parking and utilities were upgraded in January. A new 15,000 square foot $6.5 million Passenger Terminal Building was opened on Lanai in January.

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