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The FAA is closing access to parts of the two helicopter routes near the D.C. airport, Reuters reported, citing an agency official. Only police and medical choppers will be allowed between the ...
The airport has had several names over its lifetime. At the time of its opening in 1970, it was named the Ke-āhole Airport, after its geographical location, Keāhole Point, itself named after the ʻāhole fish found in the area. [6] [7] In 1993, the airport was renamed Keāhole-Kona International Airport, after the nearby resort town of Kona. [8]
The airport covers 433 acres (175 ha) at an elevation of 1,201 feet (366 m).Its single runway, 5/23, is 6,002 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m) asphalt. [2]In 2021 the airport had 37,204 aircraft operations, average 102 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% commercial, and <1% military. 64 aircraft were then based at this airport: 49 single-engine, 12 multi-engine, 2 jet, and 1 helicopter.
On January 11, 2023, U.S. flights were grounded or delayed as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) attempted to fix a system outage. [1] [2] FAA paused all flight departures between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. ET. [2]
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This is a list of airports in Virginia (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.
Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport (IATA: CHO, ICAO: KCHO, FAA LID: CHO) is an airport eight miles north of Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. It opened in 1955 and serves the Central Virginia and Shenandoah Valley region with non-stop flights to five major cities [ 4 ] on three airlines' subsidiaries. [ 5 ]
(The Center Square) – Law enforcement officials in Virginia have reported “suspicious” drone sightings appearing over counties containing sensitive military bases and national security ...