Kalaupapa Airport
LUP · PHLU · Kalaupapa, Hawaii · Kalawao County · map
Kalaupapa Airport is a public-use airport owned by Hawaii State Airports Division, 2 miles north of Kalaupapa, Hawaii, 24 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,700 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LUP · ICAO PHLU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Hawaii State Airports Division
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 776 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Hawaiian Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,700 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Mount Haleakala Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.1 |
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Aircraft registered in Kalaupapa from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kalaupapa, HI as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 2 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
- See area notices - traffic advisories at NON-TOWER airports.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 med intst only - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 daytime VFR use only.
- PAPI unusable beyond 2.2 NM. terrain penetrates PAPI safety slope at 2.7 NM. PAPI out of service indefinitely.
- Deer and wild animals on and in the vicinity of airport at night.
- OCT-MAY large waves impacting shoreline resulting in salt water sprays 40 feet high.
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.