Molokai Airport
MKK · PHMK · Kaunakakai, Hawaii · Maui County · map
Molokai Airport is a public-use airport owned by Hawaii State Airports Div, 6 miles northwest of Kaunakakai, Hawaii, 454 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 4,494 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Weather right now PHMK · observed 9:54 am HST (19:54 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 11 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:20 am HST (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 am HST (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 am HST (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 am HST (20:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 11 knots, gusting to 16, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, a few clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm HST (04:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PHMK 061954Z 04011G21KT 10SM BKN065 27/20 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02720200
TAF PHMK 061720Z 0618/0718 04008KT P6SM VCSH SCT040 FM062000 05011G16KT P6SM FEW025 FEW040 FM070400 05007KT P6SM FEW025
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 MKK · ICAO PHMK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Hawaii State Airports Div
- Elevation
- 454 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 6:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 8:15 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Hawaiian Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,494 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,118 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 593 ft, 3,901 ft available for landing, brush 23 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 426 ft, 2,692 ft available for landing, fence 12 ft high 80 ft from the end
- Runway 35: fence 4 ft high 248 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.7 | Molokai |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.2 | Molokai |
| Ground | 121.9 | Molokai |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Molokai |
| Mount Haleakala Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.1 | Molokai |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 808-865-6936.
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.
Aircraft registered in Kaunakakai from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Kaunakakai, Hawaii: 4 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Hawaii.
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
- When the control tower closed activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and runway 17/35, runway end identifier lights runway 05 - the common traffic frequency.
- <pattern altitude small aircraft 1250' above sea level. Large aircraft 1950' above sea level.
- PAPI not authorized 1.8 NM beyond landing thld due to rapidly rising terrain.
- Approach ratio 23:1 from displaced thld.
- Approach ratio from displaced thld 23:1.
- Brush 1900' from displaced threshold.
- Mtn approximately 1280' above sea level located 2.8 NM from runway 05 threshold on centerline extdd.
- Be alert to egrets and pigeons on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Large aircraft with wingspan greater than 78 feet may not use taxiway a or runway 05/23 for simultaneous operations.
- (E94) lawrs available from tower personnel 6:00 am to 7:00 pm local.
- Standing water/ponding on runway 17/35 near taxiway echo during inclement weather.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.