A Boeing 787 recently stopped at Kona Int’l Airport again. It was heading back to Seattle after conducting flight testing in Australia.
Tag Archives: Kona Int’l Airport
Kona Int’l Airport Air Traffic Control Tower Project Update
I received this construction update regarding the ongoing Kona Int’l Airport Air Traffic Control Tower project:
“Still on track for mid-August and final acceptance in early September. After that another year; more or less to commission equipment and then dedication.”
The draft environmental assessment for the Waiaka Bridge replacement project was posted on Friday.
Hawaiian Telcom and Wavecom Solutions inter-island submarine fiber-optic networks were activated in 1994 and 1997. Both of these cables are reaching their end of life (HICS and HIFN will be 20 years old in 2014 and 2017 respectively). For example, Hawaiian Telcom’s cable was built using outdated technology. This makes upgrading the network more difficult and costly.
I hope both of these entities have plans in place to replace these critical submarine cables eventually.
Lastly, someone recently e-mailed me the page view statistics for the Hawaii News Daily blog. I told this person not to send me this information again and expressed my disdain towards this site. Hawaii Reporter and Hawaii Free Press are more creditable news sources.
He responded by calling me ugly, implied that I’m uneducated and lack maturity (this individual also submitted one of these disparaging comments here).
Someone else recently made a comment about this blog. He said I should broaden the topics this blog covers along with posting more press releases. I believe this would go against all this blog stands for. The topics I blog about are not sexy, but impact the citizens of this island in one way or another.
Mamalahoa (Hokuli’a) Bypass Land Condemnation Appeal Update
The First Annual Hawaii Airshow Invitational is scheduled for this weekend. I’ll hopefully see the static display aircraft (especially the B-1B Lancer) when we fly to Molokai on Sunday.
Dave Hein, the Hawaii Island DOT Airports District Engineer, created a new blog site. He posted several pictures of the static aircraft on display for the upcoming airshow at Kona Int’l Airport.
Dave also has a existing photography website.
Related item: B-1B Lancer aircraft on static display
The U.S Supreme Court accepted the Coupes application on May 25th, 2011. They have until July 14th, 2011 to petition the Court to hear their Hokuli’a (Mamalahoa) bypass land condemnation appeal.
The DCCA CATV division finally posted a updated timeline detailing the upcoming schedule for the renewal of Oceanic Time Warner Cable’s Big Island cable franchise license .
Lastly, Isemoto Contracting may resume construction on the channelized intersection above Hualalai Vistas subdivision in the near future.
Boeing Conducting Additional 747-8 Engine Testing At Kona Int’l Airport
Boeing’s new 747-8 aircraft is back at Kona Int’l Airport. Boeing is likely testing the 747-8′s new engines in a warm weather climate again. This is the second time they’ve conducted testing on the 747-8 here since March.
Boeing 787′s First Flight To Hawaii
I noticed a Boeing 787 parked on south ramp at Kona Int’l Airport late last week. Boeing is testing the 787′s new GEnx engines in a warm weather climate. They also did similar engine testing here with the 777 back in 1996.
This is the first time the 787 has been flown to Hawaii.
Related item: N787FT At KOA
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