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Wheeler Army Airfield, Wahiawa.

PHHI · HHI · Wahiawa, HI — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.
Longest paved runway
5,608 ft
Field elevation
837 ft
Runway-capable types
18 of 24
Coordinates
21.48, -158.04
Passengers
2 passengers

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Wheeler Army Airfield's 5,608 ft of runway is shorter than most of the 15 jet-capable fields in Hawaii, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. 18 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 6. The nearest city we publish corridors for is San Francisco, 2,401 miles away.

Access

Getting here

Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.

From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.

Runway

What can operate here

Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.

This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.

  • Turboprop

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,717–3,383 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,717 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,383 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,260–3,792 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,496 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,260 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,792 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,291 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,649–5,587 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,670 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,158 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,587 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,649 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,835–4,956 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,835 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,869 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,931 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,956 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,931 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    3 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,792–5,346 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,346 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,792 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,269 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G450, Dassault Falcon 7X, Bombardier Global 7500, Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 5,741 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.