Kailua, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kailua, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 590 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
590 ft 180 m440 ft 135 m370 ft 110 m220 ft 65 m74 ft 22 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kailua sits at about 13 ft (4 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
13 ft 4 m
most residents: 9–150 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
590 ft 180 m
on the southeast side
Average
82 ft 25 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Kailua spans about 590 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
13 ft4 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
590 ft180 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kailua
13 ft4 m
Airport (HNL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
14 ft4 m
Average of all land82 ft25 m
Nearest peak
Kōnāhuanui, 1.8 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
3,140 ft955 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kailua, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 590 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Population
40,514 2020 Census
Land area
7.8 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
Density
5,212 per sq mi
Coordinates
21.4022° N, 157.7394° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Daniel K Inouye International (HNL) 14 ft
ZIP codes 1
96734
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maunawili170 ft
  2. Ahuimanu140 ft
  3. Kaneohe120 ft
  4. Heeia85 ft
  5. East Honolulu79 ft
  6. Urban Honolulu59 ft
  7. Kahaluu49 ft
  8. Waimanalo36 ft
  9. Waimanalo Beach26 ft
  10. Kaneohe Base18 ft
  11. Kailua13 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Kaʻala4,017 ft
  • Kōnāhuanui3,140 ft
  • Palikea3,110 ft
  • Puʻulanihuli2,740 ft
  • Puʻumanamana2,076 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: local mean sea level (Hawaii has no national vertical datum). NGS plans to replace local mean sea level with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Kailua is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.