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It is one of three airfields named after Major Lofton R. Henderson (killed in the Battle of Midway during WWII), together with Henderson Field on Midway's Eastern Island, and Henderson Field in the Solomon Islands. The airfield now provides access to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. The airfield operated until 1993 as Naval Air Facility ...
The atoll has some 20 mi (32 km) of roads, 4.8 mi (7.7 km) of pipelines, one port on Sand Island (World Port Index Nr. 56328, MIDWAY ISLAND), and an airfield. As of 2004, [update] Henderson Field airfield at Midway Atoll, with its one active runway (rwy 06/24, around 8,000 ft (2,400 m) long) has been designated as an emergency diversion airport ...
Henderson Field (Guadalcanal), a former military airfield on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands; Henderson Field (Midway) (originally Naval Air Station Midway Islands), a former World War II airfield on East Midway Island; Henderson Field (Midway Atoll) on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
After the Battle of Midway, the airfield on Sand Island was named in honor of Major Lofton R. Henderson, who perished in the battle. The airfield on Eastern Island was abandoned after the war. The P-40 Warhawk-equipped 73rd Fighter Squadron (18th Fighter Group) was assigned to Henderson Field after the battle to provide air defense. It remained ...
Henderson Field, on Midway Atoll, provides aerial access to the monument. About 132,000 square miles (340,000 km 2 ) of the monument are part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, designated in 2000.
Airport name Type Howland Island: Kamakaiwi Field Public (abandoned) [1] Johnston Atoll: PJON: JON: Johnston Atoll Airport: Public (abandoned) Midway Atoll: PMDY MDY MDY Henderson Field [a] Public Palmyra Atoll: PLPA P16 Cooper Airport: Private Wake Island: PWAK AWK AWK Wake Island Airfield: Military
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Henderson Field (Midway Atoll) J. Johnston Atoll Airport; ... Wake Island Airfield This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 21:31 (UTC). ...