Hilo International
ITO · PHTO · Hilo, Hawaii · Hawaii County · map
Hilo International is a public-use airport owned by the State of Hawaii Arpt Div Dot, 2 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, 38 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 9,803 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)).
Weather right now PHTO · observed 11:53 am HST (21:53 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 4,900 feet
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:19 am HST (21:19 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 am HST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am HST (21:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
- At times between Tue 11:00 am HST (21:00 UTC) and 3:00 pm HST (01:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, light rain showers, mist, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm HST (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PHTO 062153Z 10003KT 10SM OVC049 26/21 A2991 RMK AO2 RAB2059E25 SLP127 P0005 T02560211 $
TAF PHTO 062119Z 0621/0718 03008KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 SCT040 TEMPO 0621/0701 3SM -SHRA BR SCT025 BKN035 FM070600 VRB04KT P6SM OVC050
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ITO · ICAO PHTO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Hawaii Arpt Div Dot
- Elevation
- 38 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Hawaiian Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 9,803 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 5,601 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the right, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 32 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 26: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 25 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 03: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 351 ft, 5,250 ft available for landing, fence 7 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 21: 5,510 ft available for landing, pole 37 ft high 1,050 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.1 | Hilo |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.4 | Hilo |
| Clearance delivery | 120.25 | Hilo |
| Ground | 121.9 | Hilo |
| Approach and departure | 119.7 | Hilo |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Hilo |
| Haleakala and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 118.45 | Hilo |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 808-825-4702.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Hilo from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Hilo, Hawaii: 12 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 drones, 1 turboprop, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Hawaii.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 08 pvd 1325' marked by chevrons, unusable for landing/takeoff/ovrn/sty; cannot be used in computing takeoff data.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; approach lights (MALSR) runway 26 and odals runway 08 - 118.1.
- +6' fences 400' left of centerline.
- PAPI runway 08 unusable beyond 3.0 NM
- Approach ratio 20:1 from displaced threshold.
- The control tower controls entry/exit traffic on taxiways F&E to east terminal ramp.
- 181' lighted smoke stack 1/2 SM south of field.
- Be alert occasional bird flocks on airport and in flight across runway 08/26 and 03/21.
- (E93) no marked pad, helicopter oper from the FBO (fixed-base operator) hanger area.
- Division 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 explosives prohibited.
- Noise abatement: avoid overflight of noise sensitive residential areas north, west and southwest of airport.
- Runway 08/26 SINGLE-BELLY twin tandem (sbtt) gross weight 450,000 pounds.
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 5, 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.