Facts About The Airfield:
A Vital Economic Contributor to the North Shore
Dillingham Airfield is an active facility that provides a range of training, recreational and public safety uses.
In 2019, Dillingham had: 33,805 aircraft operations -- more than the Kapalua (11,151), Lanai (9,436), and Kalaupapa (4,498) regional airports combined.
Dillingham Airfield generates over $12.0 million in revenues for the small business tenants at Dillingham. The eleven tenants of Dillingham Airfield include:
o Skydive Hawai`i, Pacific Skydiving
o Honolulu Soaring
o Hawai`i Glider and Sail Plane Academy
o Acro Flight
o North Shore Leasing Aircraft Company
o Hang Gliding Hawai`i
o Paradise Air
o North Shore Flight School
Collectively they employed about 132 people in 2019. That includes flight instructors, pilots, aircraft maintenance personnel, tour operators, office staff, and others.
Skydiving and Gliding in Hawai`i Recognized as the Best in the World
Over 50,000 tourists and local patrons frequent Dillingham airfield for recreational skydiving and gliding activities. Dillingham users and their families, then frequent North Shore restaurants, retail outlets, parks and beaches within the area. Displacement of skydiving and glider operations at Dillingham Airfield would destroy one of the crown jewels of the global tourism industry.
Attractions of America and the Travel Channel of listed skydiving at Waialu, Hawai`i as one of the best places in the world to skydive.
In 2020, Trip Advisor recognized Paradise Air Hang Gliding on being a Travelers’ Choice Winner, as one of the top 10% of attractions worldwide.
In 2018, results of the Hawai`i Tourism Authority Visitor Satisfaction Survey reported:
0.4% and 0.5% of US West Coast and US East Coast visitors, respectively, participated in skydiving activities.
0.9% and 3.5% of visitors from China and Korea, respectively, responded they engaged skydiving activities.
0.8% of visitors from Japan participated in skydiving.
In 2018, about 10,000,000 visitors came to Hawai`i.