The closest mainland airport is Ocean Ridge Airport (E55), in Gualala, California, but it is very small and privately owned, though open to the public. The closest publicly-owned mainland airport, which is significantly larger, is Little River Airport, in Little River, California. Depending on where in Hawaii you want to land, it is between 0.5 and 3 nautical miles further.
Honolulu may have the closest airport to Tahiti.Pago Pago Airport in American Samoa is the closest US airport to Tahiti. The closest airport on the Continental US is San Diego International.Pago Pago Airport in American Samoa is the closest US airport to Tahiti. The closest airport on the Continental US is San Diego International.
Hawaii and Alaska
Oh, dude, that's an easy one. The US state closest to Australia is Hawaii. I mean, like, they're both in the Pacific Ocean, so it's not like you can just swim from Hawaii to Australia, but in terms of, like, actual distance, Hawaii is the closest. So, yeah, there you go.
Glacier Park Airport
it is a state of the US, but not a state on the mainland, its way far out in the Pacific Ocean.
Hawaii is the most southerly state, on the mainland it is Florida
the 2 west sates that are not partof the west region mainland areALASKA & HAWAII
The State of Hawaii, which is part of the US, is located West of the US mainland. It is also the most southern state.
It is part of the US- the 50th State- but it is not part of the Mainland- there are a few thousand miles of ocean between them.
California.
In WWII, Alaska & Hawaii were US Territories; NOT STATES. The US Mainland was referred to, as "the states."
the 2 west sates that are not partof the west region mainland areALASKA & HAWAII