Waimea-Kohala Airport
MUE · PHMU · Kamuela, Hawaii · Hawaii County · map
Waimea-Kohala Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Hawaii Airports Div, 1 mile southwest of Kamuela, Hawaii, 2,671 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,197 feet of asphalt. It has about 4 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 4,178 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,705 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Waimea-Kohala Airport?
Its FAA code is MUE, and its ICAO code is PHMU.
Where is Waimea-Kohala Airport?
It is 1 mile southwest of Kamuela, Hawaii, 2,671 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Waimea-Kohala Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,197 feet long, asphalt.
Does Waimea-Kohala Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Waimea-Kohala Airport?
Airline flights go to 2 airports, the busiest of them Kahului, Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Waimea-Kohala Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners 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 Waimea-Kohala Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MUE · ICAO PHMU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Hawaii Airports Div
- Elevation
- 2,671 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 7:30 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
- April 1953
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,197 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: VASI, four boxes on the right, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 22: VASI, four boxes on the left, fence 9 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Haleakala and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 118.45 | |
| Mue and aWOS-3PT | 120.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 808-887-8127.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole (27 nm southwest), Hilo International (39 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole (27 nm southwest), Hilo International (39 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
- <pattern altitude small aircraft 3500' above sea level. Large aircraft 4200' above sea level.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- +4' trrn 165' southeast centerline and 0' from threshold both ends runway 4-22.
- Runway 4 VASI unusable beyond 8 degrees left centerline.
- Runway 22 VASI unusable beyond 5 degrees L/R centerline.
- Occasional flocks of pigeons on airport and near runway 04/22.
- Prior permission required for transient parking.
- All helicopters confine operations to paved areas only.
- Runway 04 30 feet trees 275 feet R of centerline 3000 feet from approach end runway.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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 854 departures from MUE in those twelve months, carrying 4,362 passengers in 7,686 seats (57% filled), to 2 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waimea-Kohala → Kahului MUE–OGG | 574 | 3,801 | Southern Airways... |
| Waimea-Kohala → Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole MUE–KOA | 280 | 561 | 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
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 2 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
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 4,178, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,378 |
| general aviation, travelling | 600 |
| general aviation, local | 700 |
| military | 500 |
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 Kamuela from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Kamuela, Hawaii: 6 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Darryl Grace private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kailua Kona, HI (20 nm) · (808) 238-7963 · [email protected]
- Benjamin Fouts private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Kailua-Kona, HI (27 nm) · (808) 640-0147 · [email protected]
- 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 (39 nm) · (808) 862-5521 · [email protected]
All 8 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Kamuela 8 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 drones
- Wailea Aircraft LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 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
- Kahului (OGG) 574 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole (KOA) 280 flights in twelve months · Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 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/MUE.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.