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The island is 98% owned by Larry Ellison, cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; [7] the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners. [8] [9] Lanai has a land area of 140.5 square miles (364 km 2), making it the 43rd largest island in the United States. [10]
Hilo International Airport (IATA: ITO, ICAO: PHTO, FAA LID: ITO), formerly General Lyman Field, is a regional airport located in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, United States. [3] Owned and operated by the Hawaii Department of Transportation, the airport serves windward (eastern) Hawaiʻi island including the districts of Hilo, Hāmākua and Kaʻū, and Puna.
Midway Atoll, sometimes referred to as Midway Island, is a 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km 2) archipelago. For quite some time, it had a permanent population of naval personnel. It is one of the northwesternmost islands, located 161 miles (259 km) east of the International Date Line. Kure Atoll is
In 2012, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison bought 98% of the island from Castle & Cooke for a reported $300 million, with the remaining 2% owned by the state. [5] [6] [7] After buying the island, Ellison decided to transform the Manele Bay into a luxury resort at a cost of $450 million. It took years of work and a seven-month closure before it ...
Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.It is most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares with the district to which it belongs), but also as Kona Town, and occasionally as Kailua (a name it shares with a community on the windward side of Oʻahu), thus its less frequent use.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 10.6 square miles (27.4 km 2), of which 7.8 square miles (20.1 km 2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2) (26.62%) is water. [12] A significant portion of the water area is Kawainui Marsh, the largest wetland in the Hawaiian Islands and a Ramsar Convention site.
The center of population of Hawaii is located on the island of O'ahu. Large numbers of Native Hawaiians have moved to Las Vegas, which has been called the "ninth island" of Hawaii. [160] [161] Hawaii has a de facto population of over 1.4 million, due in part to a large number of military personnel and tourist residents.
Kualapuʻu is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 29.5 square miles (76.4 km 2), of which 29.3 square miles (76.0 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km 2), or 0.46%, is water.