Kailua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It lies in the Koʻolaupoko District of the island of Oʻahu on the windward coast at Kailua Bay. It is in the judicial district and the ahupua'a named Ko'olaupoko. It is 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Honolulu – over Nu‘uanu Pali.
Aerial photo of Kailua, Enchanted Lake and Mokapu Peninsula
Kailua Bay
The Hawaiian voyaging canoe, Hokuleʻa, arrives off Kailua Beach
View across Kailua Beach to the offshore islet known as Moku nui, one of Nā Mokulua off Lanikai
Honolulu County, officially known as the City and County of Honolulu, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The city-county includes both Urban Honolulu and the rest of the neighborhoods on the island of Oʻahu, as well as several minor outlying islands, including all of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands except Midway Atoll.
Downtown Honolulu, the city and county urban center
Honolulu Hale is the county seat, home of the County mayor and council.
The Capitol of the State of Hawaiʻi
Honolulu International Airport