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The airport has had several names over its lifetime. At the time of its opening in 1970, it was named the Ke-āhole Airport, after its geographical location, Keāhole Point, itself named after the ʻāhole fish found in the area. [6] [7] In 1993, the airport was renamed Keāhole-Kona International Airport, after the nearby resort town of Kona. [8]
Hilo, Hawaii ITO: ITO PHTO Hilo International Airport: P-S 599,148 Honolulu, Oahu HNL: HNL PHNL Daniel K. Inouye International Airport: P-M 10,017,149 Kahului, Maui OGG: OGG PHOG Kahului Airport: P-M 3,571,660 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii KOA: KOA PHKO Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole: P-S 1,829,020 Kaunakakai, Molokai MKK: MKK PHMK
A respected kahuna (priest) named Kapoukahi suggested building a luakini heiau (sacrificial temple) to gain the favor of the war god Kūkaʻilimoku. [ 4 ] Puʻukoholā Heiau , meaning "Temple on the Hill of the Whale", was the result, probably on the site of an older temple from about 1580. [ 4 ]
Hale o Keawe was an ancient Hawaiian heiau originally built in approximately 1650 AD [6] as the burial site for the ruling monarch of the Island of Hawaii named Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku. [7] [8] It was built by his son, a Kona chief named Kanuha. The complex may have been established as early as 1475 under the aliʻi nui ʻEhu-kai-malino.
Between the airport and the coast lies the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii. Most of the land was formed in 1801 by the Huʻehuʻe lava flow from Hualālai. This flow extended the shoreline out an estimated 1 mile, adding some 4 km 2 of land to the island. [3] The southern part of this point is sometimes referred to as Kalihi Point. [4] [5]
The facilities on the 103.7 acres (42.0 ha) of the old airport are run by the County of Hawaiʻi. [7] These include baseball, soccer fields and a Skateboarding Park. the Kona Community Aquatic Center, and Kekuaokalani Gym, located at 75-5530 Kuakini Highway. [8] A 217-acre (88 ha) marine preserve was created off shore in 1992.
Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament is a translation of the New Testament into Hawaiian Pidgin. The book is 752 pages long, and was published by Wycliffe Bible Translators in 2000. [3] It was translated by retired Cornell University linguistics professor Joseph Grimes, who worked on it with 27 pidgin speakers for 12 years.
The bay was called Kaiakeakua in ancient times meaning "sea of the god", [6] but is now called Kailua Bay. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The name ka maka honu means "the turtle eye" in the Hawaiian Language, after a rock in the shape of a turtle that was located to the left of the present beach. [ 9 ]