First photo: Department of Transportation, Airports Division carpet cleaner Jon Kawamura vacuums beneath the windows of a Kahului Airport gate in this photo taken Aug. 13.

Second photo: The 3,000-foot-long hallway servicing Kahului Airport gates 17-39 sports bright new carpeting. The carpet replacement project includes approximately 180,000 square feet of new carpeting.  

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos