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Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.It is most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares with the district to which it belongs), but also as Kona Town, and occasionally as Kailua (a name it shares with a community on the windward side of Oʻahu), thus its less frequent use.
The Keauhou area includes the Outrigger & Spa at Keauhou Bay, built in 1975, the 22.9-acre (93,000 m 2) Keauhou Shopping Center, two golf courses, timeshare, residential and resort condominiums and single-family residences. [6] The largest convention center in Kona is located at the Outrigger, just South of the bay. [7]
[4] [5] When the much larger Kona International Airport was built further north at Keahole Point in 1970, Aloha and Hawaiian moved their airline flights to this new airfield and the old landing strip was then used for drag racing before being turned into a state park in 1976. [6] The original airstrip was called Old Kona Airport post facto.
The resort features the Kohala Tennis Garden and other gardens, artworks, and statues. It was originally developed in 1988 as the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa with Japanese investment, however was sold to Hilton Hotels & Resorts in 1994. The popular game show Wheel of Fortune has taped at the resort in 1996, 2008, and 2014. The "Buddha Point" is a ...
Mahaiʻula Bay is accessed by an unpaved lava road which heads west off the main highway a short distance north of the airport. [4] The Mahaiʻula section is located at coordinates 19°46′56″N 156°2′13″W / 19.78222°N 156.03694°W / 19.78222; -156.03694 ( Mahaiʻula Bay ) and has a sandy beach with a picnic
According to the Köppen climate classification, Kaanapali has a semi-arid, tropical type of climate (BSh), with warm winters and hot summers.. The north end of Kaanapali has more annual rainfall than the south end of Kaanapali, as it sits on the microclimate transition of west Maui: the historic town of Lahaina is a few miles south and receives half the annual rainfall, while the annual ...
Honolulu County has used E, F, G, J, N, P, R, S, T, W and Y as the first letter; Hawaii County has used H and Z; Maui County has used M and L; and Kauai County has used K. [1] [4] The design was set to run out in Honolulu County mid 2024 with the letter W however it was announced in late 2023 that the letters Y, A, B, C, and D have been added ...
Hookipa Beach, surfing on Maui, Hawaii. Like many locations on the Maui and Oahu North Shore, Ho'okipa Beach is occasionally a tourist attraction in the winter time because of spectacularly large surf. In the afternoon on 15 December 2004, for example, tourists visited the beach to see waves as large as 30 feet (9.1 m) pound the shore ...