Kalaupapa Airport (IATA: LUP, ICAO: PHLU, FAA LID: LUP) is a regional public use airport of the State of Hawaii, located on the northern peninsula of the island of Molokaʻi, two nautical miles (4 km) north of Kalaupapa Settlement, in Kalawao County. Most flights to Kalaupapa originate from commuter airports on the other Hawaiian islands by unscheduled air taxis and general aviation. It is also used as a cargo facility carrying goods for Molokaʻi distribution via Honolulu International Airport.
The airport offers scheduled passenger service from two airlines. Pacific Wings provides scheduled passenger service at Kalaupapa; this was subsidized by the Essential Air Service (EAS) program from 2000 until April 2007, when Pacific Wings began providing subsidy-free service. Makani Kai Air Charters began offering EAS subsidized scheduled passenger service in January 2012, using two nine-seat Cessna Grand Caravans.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,206 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, 3,135 enplanements in 2008, 2,035 in 2009, and 1,217 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year). However, based on annual enplanements in 2009 and 2010, it would be categorized as general aviation.
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