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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000063330-04-000022
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040503
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040505

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CAMERON RICHARD H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001010167
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CANNED, FRUITS, VEG & PRESERVES, JAMS & JELLIES [2033]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			HI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06510
		FILM NUMBER:		04781176

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 187
		STREET 2:		120 KANE ST
		CITY:			KAHULUI MAUI
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96732
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8088773351

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 187
		CITY:			KAHULUI
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96732

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000063330
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CANNED, FRUITS, VEG & PRESERVES, JAMS & JELLIES [2033]
		IRS NUMBER:				990107542
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			HI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 187
		STREET 2:		120 KANE ST
		CITY:			KAHULUI MAUI
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96732
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8088773351

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 187
		CITY:			KAHULUI
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96733
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    <periodOfReport>2004-05-03</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>MAUI LAND &amp; PINEAPPLE CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MLP</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001010167</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CAMERON RICHARD H</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>PO BOX 187</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>KAHULUI</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>HI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>96732</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>member of group owning &gt;10%</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-05-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>68828</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reporting person has indirect beneficial ownership of 499,968 shares as follows:  50,448 shares owned by the J. Walter Cameron TrustFBO Richard H. Cameron; reporting person is co-trustee and beneficiary of the trust.  399,104 shares owned by the Cameron Family Partnership; reporting person is a general partner.  44,960 shares owned by his spouse and children.  5,456 shares held by the Maui Land &amp; Pineapple Company, inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>RICHARD H CAMERON</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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