Hilo Airport Closed at Dusk

[ChunksterK]

The Hilo airport's main runway has had a complete malfunction and shutdown of its lights.  As a result, no flights will be allowed after dark, and tonight's flight from LAX has already been cancelled.  The reporting is sketchy so far, but here's a link:

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/06/13...er-notice/

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Where are several hundred tiki torches when you need them?

[Hotinhawaii2]

What a mess! My Sunday night United flight has been postponed until the next morning so I will miss my connections. And United is still listing the night flights as an option for the next few days!

[kalakoa]

Of course Hawaiian can still land their interisland flights on the small runway, so it really only affects the competition. How convenient.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

it really only affects the competition

Hawaiian Air & Southwest both continue flying into Hilo at night.
Southwest has a Honolulu to Hilo flight scheduled for 9:45 PM arrival tonight.

[Justin]

My wife was supposed to fly out of Hilo last night. Fortunately (for her, less so for me), I was able to drive her to Kona for the KOA-LAX flight, and get back about 4 hours after I left Pahoa.

[eightfingers2.0]

Saw on the news tonight it was fixed. Broken transformer.

[kalakoa]

https://www.kitv.com/story/44098131/hilo...k-and-dawn

A United Airlines and Southwest Airlines flight were affected that night. Southwest also canceled Sunday morning's scheduled seven a.m. flight from Hilo to Honolulu because it did not have a plane in place.