Flights from Hilo to Kailua-Kona

• The shortest flight between ITO and KOA takes about 18 minutes.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Hilo and Kailua Kona from Hawaiian Airlines is the B717-2 built by Boeing with 119 seats.
• Hawaiian Airlines carried a total of 1,894 passengers from ITO to KOA in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ITO to KOA for Island Air is the DASH8-1 built by Dehavilland with 37 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Hilo and Kailua Kona is 64 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Hilo, HI to Kailua Kona, HI in 2009 was Island Air's DASH8-1 from Dehavilland which started flying in 1990.
• Hawaiian Airlines operates the shortest flights from Hilo to Kailua Kona.
• 36,403 seats were available on flights from ITO to KOA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 1,932 passengers flew on all flights from ITO to KOA that year.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Hilo to Kailua Kona in 2009 was 7.1%.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines operated flights from ITO to KOA using one type of aircraft in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing ITO to KOA in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The average flight time from Hilo, HI to Kailua Kona, HI takes about 18 minutes.
• Hawaiian Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Hilo to Kailua Kona.
• There were 1,932 passengers that flew from Hilo to Kailua Kona in 2009.
• Hawaiian Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines offer flights from Hilo, HI to Kailua Kona, HI.
• In 2009, there were 2 airline companies operating between Hilo and Kailua Kona.
• Flight #131, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 1 minute average delay between flights from Hilo to Kailua Kona.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)