The state Department of Transportation briefly suspended air operations at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole at 1:35 p.m. today “to address a crack discovered on the runway.”

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Crews patched the crack, and the runway reopened at about 3 p.m.

DOT said crews will do a “permanent repair” from 11:30 p.m. tonight to 5 a.m. Friday.

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Approximately six flights were inbound to the Kona airport at the time the crack was discovered, according to DOT.

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Three flights were diverted to Kahului Airport on Maui and will be rerouted.