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Military. Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam. The installation merged in 2010 with Naval Station Pearl Harbor to become part of the newly formed Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi.
Direction. Length and surface. 9/27. 1,126 metres (3,694 ft) Asphalt. Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) is a US military training base located on the high plateau between Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and the Hualālai volcanic mountains of the island of Hawaiʻi. It includes a small military airstrip known as Bradshaw Army Airfield .
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [3] Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) ( IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force 's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy 's Naval Station Pearl Harbor, which were merged in 2010.
The U.S. Army acquired the land in 1940, named it Mana Airport, and paved the runway. Additional land acquired in 1941 expanded the facility to 2,058 acres (833 ha). Private airlines frequently utilized the airport, and World War II incurred a great deal of military flight operations. The base was officially designated Bonham Air Force Base in
Bellows Air Force Station. Coordinates. 21°22′08.71″N 157°42′40.12″W. / 21.3690861°N 157.7111444°W / 21.3690861; -157.7111444. View of Bellows from ridge above Lanikai. Bellows Air Force Station ( Bellows Field) is a United States military reservation located in Waimanalo, Hawaii. Once an important air field during World War ...
This is a list of air bases operated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Facilities included in the list include all aerodromes at which the PLAAF maintains a regular presence. These may include those exclusively for military use as well as those portions of mixed-use aerodromes operated by the military.
Johnston Island Air Force Base. / 16.72861°N 169.53417°W / 16.72861; -169.53417. Johnston Island Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base on the Johnston Atoll in the United States Minor Outlying Islands, in the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers southwest of Hawaii. After its closure, it briefly operated as ...
Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK, FAA LID: AWK) is a military air base located on Wake Island, which is known for the Battle of Wake Island during World War II. It is owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by the 611th Air Support Group. The runway can be used for emergency landings by commercial jetliners flying transpacific ...