Airports / Hawaii / BKH
Barking Sands Airport
PHBK / BKHKekaha, HawaiiELEV 23 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
25 nm
To the nearest alternate
Lihue Airport (LIH).
Overview
Barking Sands Airport (PHBK / BKH) sits in Kekaha, Hawaii, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 23 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BKH has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Lihue Airport (LIH, 25 nm), Kalaeloa Airport (JRF, 105 nm), and Hickam Air Force Base (PHIK, 110 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BKH vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Pacific Missle Range Facility Barking Sands and Kauai. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BKH, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PHBK
IATA
BKH
FAA / Local
BKH
Elevation
23 ft
Coordinates
22.0228° N · 159.7850° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs HI fields
state range 13–6,190 ft
At 23 ft, BKH sits lower than 82% of the 22 Hawaii fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 25nmLIHLihue AirportLihue, Kauai
- 105nmJRFKalaeloa AirportKapolei
- 110nmPHIKHickam Air Force BaseHonolulu
- 112nmHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportHonolulu, Oahu
- 118nmNGFKaneohe Bay MCAS (Marion E. Carl Field) AirportKaneohe
- 159nmMKKMolokai AirportKaunakakai
Location
Open the full mapPHBK · Barking Sands Airport · Kekaha, HI
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