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In 1997, the Kona name was further emphasized when the airport was renamed the Kona International Airport at Keāhole. On January 8, 2017, the airport was renamed Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole to honor astronaut Ellison Onizuka who was born and raised in Kona and died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. [9]
In 2007, Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway was widened to four lanes from Henry Street in Kailua-Kona to Kealakehe Parkway. In September 2015, ground broke to extend the widening project from Kealakehe Parkway to Keāhole Airport Road, which provides access to Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport. The project is expected to cost $105 million and ...
Onizuka Air Force Station [15] in Sunnyvale, California and Onizuka Village family housing on Hickam Air Force Base are dedicated to Onizuka. [16] The Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center at Kona International Airport in the Kona district of Hawaiʻi island where he was born and raised, was dedicated to him. The center closed in March 2016 and was ...
The park is about 30 miles away from Hilo and the nearest airport, Hilo International Airport. Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole is about 90 miles away from the park.
Astronaut Ellison Shoji Onizuka (1946–1986) The Mid-Level Facility was renamed for the Hawaiʻi-born astronaut Ellison Onizuka , who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. [ 4 ] It is located at the 9,300-foot (2,800 m) elevation, south of the summit at 19°45′41″N 155°27′22″W / 19.76139°N 155.45611°W ...
Hawaii Island's two main airports, Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) and Hilo International Airport (ITO), remain open as of Monday afternoon in Hawaii. But people with ...
Apr. 12—The Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport is temporarily closed to patch a crack in the runway, according to state officials. The Hawaii Department of Transportation said in an ...
Waikōloa Village is located on the west side of the island of Hawaiʻi at 19°56′29″N 155°47′34″W (19.941445, −155.792655). [4] It is bordered to the west by Puako. Hawaii Route 19 forms the border between the two communities; it leads northeast 14 miles (23 km) to Waimea and southwest 28 miles (45 km) to Kailua-Kona.