Kona International Airport
Kailua, also known by its post office designation Kailua-Kona (to differentiate it from Kailua located on the windward side of Oahu island, and sometimes referred to as Kona in everyday speech), is an unincorporated town (Census Designated Place) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, in the North Kona District of the Island of Hawaii. The population was 11,975 at the 2010 census, up from 9,870 at the 2000 census. It is the center of commerce and of the tourist industry on West Hawaii. Kailua-Kona is served by Kona International Airport, located just to the north in the adjacent Kalaoa CDP. Kailua-Kona was the closest major settlement to the epicenter of the 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake.