05-18-2015, 06:36 AM
Kona airport runway is longer than Hilo, so it can take larger nonstop jets. Hilo can't.
ITO is an international airport, built to not only handle the largest passenger planes, but giant military cargo planes as well. From the Wiki:
Hilo International Airport has two runways. Runway 8-26 is 9,800 ft × 150 ft (2,987 m × 46 m) and is used for nearly all air carrier operations. It is capable of accommodating overseas passenger service by aircraft as large as the Boeing 747 and is used occasionally by the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, a military transport.
ITO is an international airport, built to not only handle the largest passenger planes, but giant military cargo planes as well. From the Wiki:
Hilo International Airport has two runways. Runway 8-26 is 9,800 ft × 150 ft (2,987 m × 46 m) and is used for nearly all air carrier operations. It is capable of accommodating overseas passenger service by aircraft as large as the Boeing 747 and is used occasionally by the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, a military transport.
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