The Kona International Airport was moved here from directly north of the town of Kailua-Kona in 1970, when the previous smaller airstrip was converted into the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area.

[2] Between the airport and the coast lies the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii.

This flow extended the shoreline out an estimated 1 mile, adding some 4 km2 of land to the island.

[6] Probably the home of a common family, an excavation in 1975 estimated occupation from about 1500 to 1800.

[8] On November 21, 1992, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as site number 92001552.