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The economic history of Kaua’i, anglicized as Kauai, dates back to before the European colonization of Kauai and, in whole, Hawaii.Before Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian island chain in 1778, [1] the native Polynesians of Kauai had a complex subsistence economy of fishing and trade among the other islands. [2]
Located on the southeastern side of the island, Lihue Airport is the island's only commercial airport. It has direct routes to Honolulu, Kahului/Maui, Kona/Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, and Vancouver, Canada. General aviation airports on the island are Port Allen Airport and Princeville Airport.
Lihue Airport (IATA: LIH, ICAO: PHLI, FAA LID: LIH) is a state-owned public-use airport located in the Līhuʻe CDP on the southeast coast of the island of Kauaʻi in Kauai County, Hawaiʻi, United States, two nautical miles east of the center of the CDP. [1] [3] The airport does not serve as a hub for any airline carrier.
This is a list of airports in Hawaii (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The State dropped the airport lease in 1999. [2] On May 1, 2019, Makani Kai Air began twice daily service between Honolulu International Airport and Princeville Airport on Kauai. [4] The airport had been without commercial airline service for more than 20 years after the departure of Island Air in 1997. [5]
It is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest [1] of the unincorporated town of Hanapepe on the south shore of the island of Kauaʻi. Most flights to Port Allen Airport originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands by unscheduled air taxis and general aviation.
Lihue (Hawaiian: Līhuʻe, [liːˈhuʔe]) is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States.Lihue is the second-largest town on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, following Kapaʻa.
Kōloa is located on the southern side of the island of Kauai at (21.907137, -159.465877 It is bordered to the northwest by Omao and to the south by Poipu.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km 2), all of it recorded as land.