By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: May 5, 2021 DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD (Tribune News Service) Oahu s only skydiving operations can continue to operate at Dillingham Airfield at least until Dec. 31 under an extension granted by the state Department of Transportation. Some lawmakers are optimistic, meanwhile, that a long-term lease eventually will be secured between DOT Airports as landlord for civilian aviation and the Army, which owns the North Shore airfield. Businesses including two popular skydiving operations Pacific Skydiving and Skydive Hawaii were previously given until June 30 to vacate the airfield because the Airports Division said it was losing money at Dillingham and it was ending its lease.
By WILLIAM COLE | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser | Published: April 18, 2021 (Tribune News Service) Dillingham Airfield, which has been riding a wave of business generated by mainland tourists seeking to skydive or take a glider flight, may be able to continue general aviation activity beyond a June 30 cutoff with a new agreement close at hand between the state and Army. Time is of the essence: The state Department of Transportation Airports Division, which acts as the landlord for flight services at the Army-owned North Shore airport, sent notices to airport tenants requiring them to vacate by June 30. Meanwhile, business is booming. We re slammed. We re only open four days a week and we re doing more business in four days than we used to do in seven, said Pacific Skydiving Honolulu manager Bryan Stanley.