Upolu Airport
UPP · PHUP · Hawi, Hawaii · Hawaii County · map
Upolu Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Hawaii Airports Division, 3 miles northwest of Hawi, Hawaii, 96 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,800 feet of asphalt. The FAA counts about 5,104 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Upolu Airport?
Its FAA code is UPP, and its ICAO code is PHUP.
Where is Upolu Airport?
It is 3 miles northwest of Hawi, Hawaii, 96 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Upolu Airport?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,800 feet long, asphalt.
Does Upolu Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Upolu Airport?
2 pilot examiners and 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 Upolu Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UPP · ICAO PHUP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Hawaii Airports Division
- Elevation
- 96 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- 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
- February 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 25: right-hand traffic pattern, hill 25 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- parachute jumping
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole (33 nm south), Kahului Airport (50 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ellison Onizuka Kona International AT Keahole (33 nm south), Kahului Airport (50 nm northwest).
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 800' above sea level. Large aircraft 1500' above sea level.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Prior permission required for transient parking.
- All helicopters confine operations to paved areas only.
- Occasional flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Skydiving act on and in vicinity of airport.
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.
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 5,104, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,000 |
| general aviation, local | 100 |
| military | 3,000 |
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 Hawi from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Hawi, Hawaii: 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, 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
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 airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner, 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 (31 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 (33 nm) · (808) 640-0147 · [email protected]
All 4 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.
- 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Hawi 2 aircraft · 1 piston twins, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Hawaii 524 since 1982 · 86 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 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/UPP.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.