Holiday post office
schedule set
Holiday letters and cards to the U.S. mainland should be mailed by Dec. 17, and packages sent by Dec. 16 as priority mail, the U.S. Postal Service suggests.
Packages to the mainland may be sent as late as Dec. 20 via express mail to arrive in time for Christmas.
Letters and cards bound for Japan, China and the Philippines should be mailed by Wednesday; packages via air mail, by Friday; and packages via global priority mail, by Dec. 10.
Eighteen Oahu offices will also have extended holiday hours Dec. 8-22.
Both the Airport and Ala Moana post offices will be open Sunday, Dec. 14 and 21. Customers are encouraged to use the additional weekend hours of Dec. 13 and 14.
All district post offices will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.
Extended Holiday Schedule
>> Dec. 8-19:
Airport Post Office, 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Mililani, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Pearl Harbor (MOU No. 3), 7:15 a.m.-3 p.m. (closed 10:45-11:30 a.m.)Dec. 15-22:
Airport, 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Ala Moana, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Downtown Station, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Kailua, Kaneohe, Mililani, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Waialae-Kahala, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 13 and 22:
Airport, 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Ala Moana, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Kailua, Kaneohe and Waipahu, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Aina Haina, Ewa Beach, Hawaii Kai, Kapalama, Pearl City, Wahiawa, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Aiea, Barbers Point, Waialae-Kahala, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Makiki, Mililani, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 14 and 21:
Airport, noon-8 p.m.
Ala Moana, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 24 and 31:
Reduced hours at some locations. Check with your local branch or call 800-275-8777 for more information.Dec. 25 and Jan. 1:
All post offices closed.
For more information, visit the Web site at www.usps.com.
