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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)) and about 35 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 41,768 takeoffs and landings a year. About 681,240 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Hilo International?
Its FAA code is ITO, and its ICAO code is PHTO.
Where is Hilo International?
It is 2 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, 38 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Hilo International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 9,803 feet long.
Does Hilo International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Hilo International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas).
Where can you fly nonstop from Hilo International?
Airline flights go to 7 airports, the busiest of them Daniel K Inouye International, Kahului, Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole, Long Beach (Daugherty Field), Harry Reid International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Hilo International?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Aviation Training Solutions LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Hilo International?
2 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 7,999 departures from ITO in those twelve months, carrying 691,307 passengers in 928,246 seats (74% filled), to 7 destinations on 7 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilo International → Daniel K Inouye International ITO–HNL | 7,564 | 656,469 | Alaska Airlines Inc., Hawaiian Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co. and 3 more |
| Hilo International → Kahului ITO–OGG | 329 | 33,933 | Alaska Airlines Inc., Hawaiian Airlines Inc., Aloha Air Cargo and 2 more |
| Hilo International → Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole ITO–KOA | 100 | 70 | Aloha Air Cargo, Alaska Airlines Inc. |
| Hilo International → Long Beach (Daugherty Field) ITO–LGB | 3 | 503 | Alaska Airlines Inc. |
| Hilo International → Harry Reid International ITO–LAS | 1 | 161 | Southwest Airlines Co. |
| Hilo International → Oakland San Francisco Bay ITO–OAK | 1 | 5 | KaiserAir, Inc. |
| Hilo International → San Francisco International ITO–SFO | 1 | 166 | Alaska Airlines Inc. |
All 7 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 10 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 12 |
| other | 10 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 41,768, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 17,456 |
| air taxi and commuter | 11,086 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,965 |
| general aviation, local | 6,608 |
| military | 3,653 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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:
- Aviation Training Solutions LLC 2 aircraft · Hilo Aviation Training Solutions offers FAA practical tests (checkrides) administered by a Designated Pilot Examiner.
Charter operators and airlines based in Hilo:
- Manuiwa Airways, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Hawaii County Fire Department 1 aircraft on the certificate
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Kele Huia Fergerstrom private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Hilo, HI (0 nm) · (808) 862-5521 · [email protected]
- Darryl Grace private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kailua Kona, HI (49 nm) · (808) 238-7963 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hilo 21 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 3 drones
- Realty Investment CO LTD 4 aircraft in town
- Aviation Training Solutions LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Aloha Aina Drone Company LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Manuiwa Airways, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Hawaii County Fire Department 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Aviation Training Solutions LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Daniel K Inouye International (HNL) 7,564 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Hawaiian Airlines Inc.
- Kahului (OGG) 329 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Hawaiian Airlines Inc.
- Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole (KOA) 100 flights in twelve months · Aloha Air Cargo, Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (LGB) 3 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 1 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK) 1 flights in twelve months · KaiserAir, Inc.
- San Francisco International (SFO) 1 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Hawaii 523 since 1982 · 85 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 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/ITO.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.