Wheeler Army Airfield
HHI · PHHI · Wahiawa, Hawaii · Honolulu County · map
Wheeler Army Airfield is a private airport owned by U S Army, 1 mile southwest of Wahiawa, Hawaii, 843 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,608 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HHI · ICAO PHHI
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- U S Army
- Elevation
- 843 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operates 1730-0900z mon-fri except holidays and wkend; ot by notam.
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Hawaiian Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,608 × 100 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 570 ft
- Runway 24: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.3 | Wheeler · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Digital ATIS | 119.675 | Wheeler |
| Ground | 121.85 | Wheeler |
| Approach and departure | 118.3 | Wheeler |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Wheeler |
| Pilot-to-weather (military) and metro | 125.1 | Wheeler |
| Operations Lightning radio | 141.65 | Wheeler |
| Operations Bird bath control | 148.5 | Wheeler |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field) (11 nm south), Kawaihapai Airfield (11 nm northwest), Daniel K Inouye International (12 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field) (11 nm south), Kawaihapai Airfield (11 nm northwest), Daniel K Inouye International (12 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Hawaii · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Rotating beacon 1/8 NM north of the control tower.
- All aircraft arrival from north after 1800 will cross airport at 2500 feet enter traffic from the south.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- South traffic only. Traffic pattern altitude rotary wing 1500 feet above sea level; fixed wing 2000 feet above sea level.
- OT by NOTAM.
- Extv copter traffic in the vicinity of airport.
- Practice approaches by NON-TENANT aircraft restricted and apvd contingent upon tenant aircraft activity hours of day and etc.
- No transient aircraft service available.
- Night vision goggle training A311 500 feet and below from 1 hour after sunset through 1 hour before sunrise.
- Extremely noise sensitive area; avoid overflight communities surrounding Wheeler afb.
- Caution - extreme caution sweeper on runway M-F 1500-1700Z.
- Caution: use ctn on txy a due to no taxiway edge lights instld. All airfield markings are extremely faded on all apns and taxiways.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wahiawa from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Wahiawa, Hawaii: 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Hawaii.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Honolulu Soaring Club INC 6 aircraft · Waialua, 8 miles away Honolulu Soaring Club operates a glider flying business from Dillingham Airfield on Oahu's North Shore.
- Barbers Point Flight School LLC 11 aircraft · Kapolei, 12 miles away
- Pacific Flight Academy LLC 19 aircraft · Honolulu, 14 miles away Pacific Flight Academy is a flight school in Honolulu, Hawaii that offers comprehensive aviation training programs from Private Pilot through Airline Transport Pilot ratings.
- Lani Lea Sky Tours LLC 4 aircraft · Honolulu, 14 miles away Lani Lea Flight School provides flight training, aircraft rentals, and sky tours in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wahiawa 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Honolulu Soaring Club INC 6 aircraft · flying club
- Barbers Point Flight School LLC 11 aircraft · flight school
- Pacific Flight Academy LLC 19 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Hawaii 523 since 1982 · 85 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Hawaii 14 landing places
- Hawaii 696 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HHI.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.