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Kona travelers miss work, doctor appointments due to closed airport runway

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced the airport’s sole runway was closed due to delays in repairing cracks discovered in the asphalt on Jan. 16. The airport shut down for several hours after the cracks were initially discovered.

Nationwide grounding of Southwest Airlines flights delays planes in Kona and Hilo

According to a tweet by the Federal Aviation Administration at 5:10 a.m., the airline requested that the FAA pause its departures due to a technical issue with one of its internal systems.

Kona Airport Flights Delayed After Man Scales Fence Into Restricted Area

More than 1,000 passengers at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport had to be rescreened Wednesday night after a man scaled the wall into a sterile area.