UPDATE: Paving maintenance, repairs re-scheduled for runway at Hilo International Airport

Update at 3:20 p.m. June 10: Overnight runway paving work originally scheduled for June 8 and 9, was canceled due to equipment issues. The rescheduled runway work and closures will take place from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, 11.

Original at 8 a.m. June 6: Paving maintenance and repairs are scheduled for portions of the main runway at the Hilo International Airport, which will require nighttime closures.

Taxiway A and Runway 8/26 will close nightly from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Monday, June 8, and Tuesday, June 9. During the closures, Runway 3/21 will be used for aircraft operations. All work is weather permitting.

The work is part of the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation’s ongoing efforts to maintain the runway and improve takeoff and taxiway operations at the airport.

The state department has scheduled this maintenance work at night to minimize impacts to air travelers and airline operations, as well as to reduce the project duration to the extent possible.