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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.
The county seat is Hilo. There are no incorporated cities in Hawaii County (see Hawaii Counties). The Hilo Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Hawaii County. Hawaii County has a mayor–council form of government. In terms of geography, Hawaii County is the most expansive county in the state and the most southerly county in the United ...
The southern section, between Hilo and Kailua-Kona is numbered as Route 11. The section between Hilo and Waimea is Route 19. Between Waimea and Kailua-Kona, the road is split in two: the original "mauka" route (now Route 190) and a "makai" Route 19, completed in 1975, which serves as access to the Kona and Kohala Coast resorts.
Hilo is a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the State of Hawaii, U.S.A. In the current system of administration of Hawaiʻi County , the moku of Hilo is divided into North Hilo District ( Hilo ‘Akau ) and South Hilo District ( Hilo Hema ).
Hawaii Route 11 passes through the community, leading northeast 76 miles (122 km) to Hilo and northwest 46 miles (74 km) to Kailua-Kona. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 36.8 square miles (95.3 km 2), all of it land. [2] The area is prone to earthquakes. [7]
Route 11 / Route 190 in Kailua-Kona: Port of Hilo 1955: current Bay Front Highway, Hawaiʻi Belt Road, Māmalahoa Highway, Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway Route 20 — — Route 19 south of Waimea: Route 19 in Hilo 1955 — Replaced by Route 200 and County Route 200 Route 21: 1.8 [6] 2.9 Route 20 in Hilo: Route 19 in Hilo: 1955 —
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In 1997, the Kona name was further emphasized when the airport was renamed the Kona International Airport at Keāhole. On January 8, 2017, the airport was renamed Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole to honor astronaut Ellison Onizuka who was born and raised in Kona and died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster .