Hawaii Flight Adventures, Inc.

Hawaii Flight Adventures is a flight instruction and aircraft rental service based at Kona Airport on the Big Island of Hawaii. The company serves visiting pilots who want to fly and log time in Hawaii with a certified flight instructor. The focus is on providing a safe and simple experience.

The operator has 20 years of experience as an active FAA Certified Flight Instructor. This includes work as an instrument instructor and multi engine instructor. The operator also has more than 10 years of experience flying Hawaii tours and charters. Additional background includes flying air ambulance missions in a King Air C90B and serving as a check airman and instructor for Mokulele Airlines in a Cessna Grand Caravan.

The company offers dual aircraft rental and flight instruction. A local instructor provides knowledge of Hawaii weather that changes around every turn. The service also covers local air tour traffic operations, reporting points, pronunciation, and location information. No lengthy checkout is required to cover local details. The instructor can take the controls or the radios as much or as little as the pilot likes.

At the moment, the company has no aircraft available. When flights are booked, the service includes an aircraft, certified flight instructor, headsets, charts, and safety equipment. The website recommends other operators that offer similar services. In Kona, it names Tropic Bird Flight Service. On Maui, it names Maui Aviators and Maui Flight Academy. On Oahu, it names Anderson Aviation.

The company describes routes across the Hawaiian islands. One route goes from Kona past Mauna Kea and on to Upolu Point. Hawaii has eight tropical islands and 14 public airports. Possible destinations include erupting volcanoes, valleys, waterfalls, tropical beaches, reefs, whales, and rainbows. Flights can last one hour or become an all day excursion.

The mission is to make flying in Hawaii accessible, affordable, and safe for visiting pilots. The operator has helped lost and confused renters over the radio and wishes to help others avoid hazards such as changing volcano temporary flight restrictions and heavy tour helicopter traffic.

The company also describes an IFR refresher course. This course includes an IFR sunset departure from Kona to Hilo approach. The flight continues VFR to the eruption area for twilight views. Then it picks up IFR for the return to Kona. This adventure lasts approximately two and a half to three hours.

Services

• Flight instruction
• Aircraft rental
• Dual aircraft rental
• IFR refresher course
• Cross country flights
• Flight training
• Air tour guidance
• Weather and traffic briefing