Seven dollars a day to plug in next to KOA’s terminal
Electric Vehicle Parking at Kona (KOA) runs $7.00 per day, which undercuts most mainland airport EV rates by a lot. The spaces sit right next to the Main Terminal, so you’re walking just a few minutes from car to check-in instead of dragging bags from a remote lot or shuttle stop.
The EV chargers are grouped in a small section of the parking next to the terminal, so you don’t have to hunt across multiple levels or zones. This is standard surface parking at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport, not a garage, so your car sits in Hawaiʻi sun and salt air while it’s on the charger and at $7.00 per day you’re paying more for location and power than weather protection.
Payment follows the same daily airport parking setup: you pay the flat $7.00 daily parking rate rather than a separate charging fee, which makes it easy to ballpark total trip cost. There’s no extra shuttle loop here; you just walk straight from the EV row toward the open-air Main Terminal check-in counters.
Because the EV section is right by the terminal and relatively limited, these spots can disappear fast on busy bank times tied to mainland departures from the Main Terminal. If you’re driving an electric rental or your own EV, plan to arrive at least 30–45 minutes earlier than your normal airport routine so you have time to grab one of the chargers or fall back to regular parking if they’re full.
Pricing
| Stay | Per day | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day | $7.00/day | $7.00 |
| 3 days | $7.00/day | $21.00 |
| 7 days | $7.00/day | $49.00 |