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Henderson Field

Sand Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Henderson Field

Sand Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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Remote Pacific airfield on historic Midway Atoll.

Opened

1941

Location

Sand Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands

Henderson Field is a military airfield located on Sand Island, part of the Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. It falls within the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and access to the atoll is restricted. The airfield carries the IATA code MDY and ICAO code PMDY and has historically served military and government transport operations. It is not a commercial passenger airport in the traditional sense, though it has occasionally supported limited visitor access flights to the refuge. Midway Atoll is best known as the site of the pivotal World War II Battle of Midway in June 1942. The airfield itself played a central role in that battle and is named after Lofton Henderson, a Marine aviator killed during the engagement.

Notable facts

›Named after Marine aviator Major Lofton Henderson, killed at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
›Located on Sand Island within Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
›Access to the atoll and airfield is restricted and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
›Played a critical role in the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
›The atoll is home to the world's largest colony of Laysan albatrosses.

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Henderson Field is the name of several airports:Henderson Field (Guadalcanal), a former military airfield on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands Henderson Field (Midway), a former World War II airfield on East Midway Island Henderson Field on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Henderson Field in Wallace, North Carolina, United States.

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