Air carrier flight crew reported VFR helicopters were flying through their final approach course and...

Attributes
ACN	1696292
Time
Date	201910
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	OGG.Airport
State Reference	HI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was cleared for a visual approach. We were instructed to not leave 3;000 feet before turning base and complied. We turned base; flaps 5; doing 170 kts. Tower gave an abrupt traffic alert for a helicopter at 12 O'clock. I kept my turn going and tightened it up. Never got to a TCAS but might have if not for the tower warning. On final yet another helicopter popped up so had to stay high for this one. Not sure what is going on in ogg. Been flying here close to ten years and have been getting a lot of helicopters pop up where; in my opinion; they should not be. The first helicopter hovering on the 3 degree glide path was egregious. Surely there are some sort of course rules? Can someone please call the helicopter operators and advise them. Good job by the tower controller. Talk to the helicopter companies.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported VFR helicopters were flying through their final approach course and causing a conflict.

Narrative: I was cleared for a Visual Approach. We were instructed to not leave 3;000 feet before turning base and complied. We turned base; Flaps 5; doing 170 kts. Tower gave an abrupt traffic alert for a Helicopter at 12 O'clock. I kept my turn going and tightened it up. Never got to a TCAS but might have if not for the Tower warning. On final yet another Helicopter popped up so had to stay high for this one. Not sure what is going on in OGG. Been flying here close to ten years and have been getting a lot of Helicopters pop up where; in my opinion; they should not be. The first Helicopter hovering on the 3 degree glide path was egregious. Surely there are some sort of course rules? Can someone please call the Helicopter operators and advise them. Good job by the Tower Controller. Talk to the Helicopter companies.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.