FROM CAPTAIN MYERS
I give below the reports of the flights made in October 2002
HAWAII PACKAGE L
HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL TO LIHUE
Total flying time 25 minutes, cruising height 10,000 feet
Aircraft DC9, fuel burn 1527 lbs, distance 89 miles
No problems
LIHIE TO LANAI CITY
Total flying time 37 minutes, cruising height 15,000 feet
Aircraft DC9, fuel burn 2895 lbs, distance 152 miles
No problems.
LANAI CITY TO KAHULUI
Total flying time 18 minutes, cruising height 3,000 feet
Aircraft DC9, fuel burn 579 lbs, distance 30 miles
No problems
KAHULUI TO HILO INTERNATIONAL
Total flying time 31 minutes, cruising height 15,000 feet
Aircraft DC9, fuel burn 2350 lbs, distance 105 miles
No problems
HILO INTERNATIONAL TO LANAI CITY
Total flying time 57 minutes, cruising height 15,000 feet
Aircraft DC9, fuel burn 4661 lbs, distance 124 miles
Problems encountered here. Firstly the cloud base was very low at Lanai, then I lost the ILS, so I was on manual approach. I had to operate the missed approach procedure but eventually made an average landing on runway 21
LANAI CITY TO LIHUE
Total flying time 37 minutes, cruising height 15,000 feet
Aircraft DC9, fuel burn 2942 lbs, distance 152 miles
No problems
LIHUE TO HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL
Total flying time 21 minutes, cruising height 10,000 feet
Aircraft DC9, fuel burn 1795 lbs, distance 89 miles
Manual landing on 08 right otherwise no problems
Total Package: 3 hours 46 minutes
HI103c HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL TO LIHUE
Total flying time 37 minutes, cruising height 10,000 feet
Aircrafty DC9, fuel burn 2640, distance 89 miles
Sent around twice by ATC hence longer flight time
HI104c LIHUE TO HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL
Total flying time 33 minutes, cruising height 10,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 1992 lbs, distance 89 miles
No problems
HI12 HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL TO KAILUA/KONA
Total flying time 37 minutes, cruising height 15,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 3017 lbs, distance 179 miles
No problems
HI13 KAILUA/KONA TO HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL
Total flying time 43 minutes, cruising height 18,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 3514 lbs, distance 179 miles
ATC made me go around again but otherwise no problems
HAWAII PACKAGE F
HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL TO KAHULUI
Total flying time 28 minutes, cruising height 12,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 1823 lbs, distance 87 miles
No problems
KAHULUI TO KAILUA/KONA
Total flying time 26 minutes, cruising height 10,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 1546 lbs, distance 73 miles
No problems
KAILUA/KONA TO KAHULUI
Total flying time 28 minutes, cruising height 10,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 1462 lbs, distance 73 miles
No problems
KAHULUI TO KAILUA/KONA
Total flying time 24 minutes, cruising height 10,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 1742 lbs, distance 73 miles
No problems
KAILUA/KONA TO HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL
Total flying time 45 minutes, cruising height 18,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 3266 lbs, distance 179 miles
No problems
Total package flying times 2 hours 31 minutes
HI111c HONOLULU TO KAILUA/KONA
Total flying time 41 minutes, cruising height 20,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 2892 lbs, distance 179 miles
No problems
HI112c KAILUA/KONA TO HONOLULU
Total flying time 39 minutes, cruising height 16,000 feet
Aircraft DC3, fuel burn 3031 lbs, distance 179 miles
Difficult landing on 04L due to faulty ILS
Flying hours for October 2002 were
10 hours 7 minutes
Number of sectors: 18