Fly Hawaii Honolulu Paragliding

Paragliding in Kealakekua near Captain Cook on the Big Island of Hawaii. Paragliding in Kealakekua near Captain Cook. The Big Island Soaring Assoc. (BISA) is a small local club, they fly at Kealakekua, near Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, a few miles from the coast. Mostly light thermals, pilots need to be able to do really flat turns to stay up, take off is behind a locked gate on private property that can only be reached by 4wd. Membership fee applies. High accident rate and very tight LZ's. Lots of bandito landings. No local hang gliding pilots. Location:  Kealakekua near Captain Cook, very voggy (vog from the volcano) with a hot stable air mass and restricted landing fields. A 4 wd is required. Usually pretty short flights for visiting pilots, can be 6 minutes or less depending on how cross it is, but when it is good it is good.  Really tight landing areas, surrounded by big trees, light winds are often cross and shifting, major ground effect from the lava ro