09-18-2017, 03:48 AM
Cruise ship days are currently Tues - Thurs and Saturdays.
Blue Hawaii has 2 flights from west side to Hilo and both helicopters fly at over 3500ft A.G.L at 7:55am - 7 days a week unless dumping rain.
Which explains why last Saturday morning Kaloli Pt was inundated with helicopter traffic for about 1 1/2-2 hrs. I'm talking over Kaloli Pt, not over the coast. At one point three blue helicopters were in the sky at one time, two flying parallel to each other towards Hilo. Max altitude appeared to be 1500'. It was annoying but just as quickly as it had started, it stopped. Don't know if it stopped because people had called in complaints..???
What we've surmised is that on overcast and/or light rainy days, they fly over KP for land reference as was discussed on the other thread, but on sunny days it seems they're cutting across KP on their way to Hilo Airport, taking the most direct path, to save fuel...???
Blue Hawaii has 2 flights from west side to Hilo and both helicopters fly at over 3500ft A.G.L at 7:55am - 7 days a week unless dumping rain.
Which explains why last Saturday morning Kaloli Pt was inundated with helicopter traffic for about 1 1/2-2 hrs. I'm talking over Kaloli Pt, not over the coast. At one point three blue helicopters were in the sky at one time, two flying parallel to each other towards Hilo. Max altitude appeared to be 1500'. It was annoying but just as quickly as it had started, it stopped. Don't know if it stopped because people had called in complaints..???
What we've surmised is that on overcast and/or light rainy days, they fly over KP for land reference as was discussed on the other thread, but on sunny days it seems they're cutting across KP on their way to Hilo Airport, taking the most direct path, to save fuel...???