Popular lava tube entry north of airport becoming major traffic concern

  • Visitors walk the lava field amid cairns, or stacked rocks, above the lava tube on Queen Kaahumanu Highway north of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
  • Visitors stop to view the lava tube on Queen Kaahumanu Highway north of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
  • A car tries to merge onto Queen Kaahumanu Highway after stopping to view the Huehue lava tube north of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
  • Visitors stop to view the Huehue lava tube on Queen Kaahumanu Highway north of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
  • Visitors cross Queen Kaahumanu Highway to view the Huehue lava tube north of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
  • Visitors park on the side of Queen Kaahumanu Highway to see the Huehue lava tube north of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
  • Visitors stop to view the Huehue lava tube on Queen Kaahumanu Highway north of Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

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