Dillingham Airfield

Dillingham Airfield (IATA: HDH, ICAO: PHDH) is a regional airport of the State of Hawai'i. Located on the North Shore of O'ahu near the unincorporated town of Waialua. Most flights to Dillingham Airfield are general aviation originating at Dillingham Airfield for skydiving or glider operations. It is primarily used as a recreation facility, a base for gliding, hang gliding and parachuting. Military operations consist largely of night operations for night vision device training.

Facilities:

As a general aviation joint-use facility, the airfield has one runway, a UNICOM tower, powered aircraft and glider hangars, and a tie down area for recreation aircraft. Jet-A and Avgas are available in a self-serve facility ultilizing credit cards for payment. There is a plan to extend the taxiway to the end of the 26 runway in 2007. Air traffic, unless approved prior by the US Army, is limited to daytime operations by general aviation and sport parachuting operations. Although the largest users on the airfield are the sport parachuting operations, the State of Hawaii refuses safety improvements.

Authority:

Dillingham Airfield is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawai'i. The official authority of Dillingham Airfield is the Governor of Hawai'i. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawai'i State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawai'i Airports Administrator. The Hawai'i Airports Administrator oversees six governing bodies: Airports Operations Office, Airports Planning Office, Engineering Branch, Information Technology Office, Staff Services Office, Visitor Information Program Office. Collectively, the six bodies have authority over the four airport districts in Hawai'i: Hawai'i District, Kaua'i District, Mau'i District and the principal O'ahu District. Dillingham Airfield is a subordinate of the O'ahu District officials.

Lost:

The TV Series Lost has filmed several scenes at Dillingham Airfield, due to its remote location close to the North Shore, where the series is primarily filmed.[1] The fuselage from Oceanic Airlines flight 815 is also stored at Dillingham, and is transported to the beach when needed for filming.