Big Island Airport Repair

June 22nd, 2008

They ain’t broke, but they’re being fixed.  The federal government has invested almost two million dollars in Big Island airport maintenance and repairs.  The Hilo and Kona airports – already at number-one and number-three in the national on-time rankings – will be kept up to standard with grants totaling one-point-nine million for additional airfield surface work. 

The Hilo International Airport will get $761,644 to repair and maintain four interconnecting taxiways; the Kona Airport will receive $1,154,287 to continue rehabilitation of taxiways, airport aprons and runway blast pads.  The purpose of the work is to help prevent foreign objects and other debris from posing a danger to aircraft.  It also should prolong the service life of the airfield surface and enhance the overall safety of aircraft operations at both airports

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