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 FAA counts about 3,294 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,769 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Kalaupapa Airport?
Its FAA code is LUP, and its ICAO code is PHLU.
Where is Kalaupapa Airport?
It is 2 miles north of Kalaupapa, Hawaii, 24 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kalaupapa Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,700 feet long, asphalt.
Does Kalaupapa Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Kalaupapa Airport?
Airline flights go to 2 airports, the busiest of them Molokai, Daniel K Inouye International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kalaupapa Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Kalaupapa Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- 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
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Lanai Airport (26 nm south), Kahului Airport (36 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kahului Airport (36 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 1,418 departures from LUP in those twelve months, carrying 4,397 passengers in 12,762 seats (34% filled), to 2 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalaupapa → Molokai LUP–MKK | 839 | 2,023 | Southern Airways... |
| Kalaupapa → Daniel K Inouye International LUP–HNL | 579 | 2,374 | Southern Airways... |
All 2 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
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
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 3,294, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,394 |
| general aviation, travelling | 400 |
| general aviation, local | 200 |
| military | 300 |
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 Kalaupapa from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kalaupapa, HI as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Hawaii 523 since 1982 · 85 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Hawaii 14 landing places
- Hawaii 696 aircraft registered
- Molokai (MKK) 839 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Daniel K Inouye International (HNL) 579 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LUP.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 29, 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.