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Marshall Islands International Airport
Marshall Islands International Airport , also known as Amata Kabua International Airport, is located in the western part of Rairok on the south side of Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The airport was built during World War II (1943) on Anenelibw and Lokojbar islets. It replaced Majuro Airfield, a coral-surfaced airstrip at Delap Island near the eastern end of Majuro Atoll that had been originally constructed by Japanese occupation forces in 1942. A series of single-floor structures (small hangars) make up the airport terminal. No physical structures existed at the airport prior to the 1970s. The current terminal structure and modern runway/apron were built in 1971. Passengers from flights arriving at the airport use stairs to exit aircraft and walk to the terminal. The airport is capable of handling all propeller-driven aircraft as well as midsize jet aircraft (e.g., Airbus A320s, Boeing 737s, Boeing 757s and Boeing 767s). The Republic of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majuro
Majuro (; Marshallese: ' ) is the capital and largest city of the Marshall Islands. It is also a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district of the Ratak (Sunrise) Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of and encloses a lagoon of . As with other atolls in the Marshall Islands, Majuro consists of narrow land masses. It has a tropical trade wind climate, with an average temperature of . Majuro has been inhabited by humans for at least 2,000 years and was first settled by the Austronesian ancestors of the modern day Marshallese people. In 1885, the Marshall Islands were annexed by the German Empire and Majuro became their first and primary trading post. The city has also been under Japanese and American administration. After the Marshall Islands broke away from the Federated States of Micronesia in 1978 to form the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Majuro became the new country's capital and meeting place of the Nitije ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikini Atoll Airport
Bikini Atoll Airport, also known as Enyu Airfield, is a public use airstrip at Enyu on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. This airstrip is assigned the location identifier BII by the IATA. The airstrip enables access to diving and shipwrecks. Facilities Bikini Atoll Airport has one runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ... measuring 4,460 x 140 ft (1,359 x 42.5 m). Airlines and destinations References {{authority control Airports in the Marshall Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mejit Airport
Mejit Airport is a public use airstrip on Mejit Island, Marshall Islands. This airstrip is assigned the location identifier Q30 by the FAA and MJB by the IATA. Facilities Mejit Airport is at an elevation of 5 feet (2.5 m) above mean sea level. The runway is designated 07/25 with a coral Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and ... gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 50 feet (914 x 15 m). There are no aircraft based at Mejit. Airlines and destinations References External links *AirNaairport information for Q30 {{authority control Airports in the Marshall Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maloelap Airport
Maloelap Airport is a public use airport located on Taroa Island in Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands. This airport is assigned the location identifier 3N1 by the FAA and MAV by the IATA. Facilities Maloelap Airport is at an elevation of 4 feet (1.2 m) above mean sea level. The runway is designated 04/22 with a turf surface measuring 3,500 by 150 feet (1,067 x 46 m). There are no aircraft based at Maloelap. History During World War II, Taroa Airfield was a major Japanese airbase approximately three miles long and one mile wide. The airfield was Japan's easternmost airbase of the War. Heavily bombed during the war, it was a favorite target for bombers from Makin Airfield, Tarawa and Abemama. Remnants of the airbase, defenses, and battles can still be found on the island; about 1,200 feet from the southwest end of the airport lies the wreck of the ''Toreshima Maru'', a Japanese supply ship sunk in December 1943. Airlines and destinations See also * Taroa Airfield References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majkin Airport
Majkin Airport is a public use airstrip at Majkin on Namu Atoll, Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati .... Airlines and destinations References Airports in the Marshall Islands {{oceania-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lae Airport
Lae Airport is a public use airport at Lae on Lae Atoll, Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati .... Airlines and destinations References Airports in the Marshall Islands {{oceania-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucholz Army Airfield
Bucholz Army Airfield is a United States Army airfield located on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Its position is ideal for refueling during trans-Pacific flights, and the airport is available to civilians through Air Marshall Islands and United Airlines. Since the entirety of Kwajalein Atoll is a military base, non-military passengers on commercial flights are transported to and from the neighboring island of Ebeye, the civilian population center of Kwajalein Atoll. History Bucholz Army Airfield was initially built by the Japanese in 1943 as part of a large naval base. It came under heavy air attacks in late 1943 to neutralize the island. The atoll was assaulted by American forces on 31 January 1944. Employing the battle hardened tactics developed under fire during the Battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a resolute dual assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north. The Japanese put up ill-fated resistance, though outnumbered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kili Airport ...
Kili Airport is a public use airstrip on Kili Island, Marshall Islands. This airstrip is assigned the location identifier Q51 by the FAA and KIO by the IATA. Facilities Kili Airport is at an elevation of 5 feet (2.5 m) above mean sea level. The runway is designated 04/22 with a coral gravel surface measuring 4,400 by 100 feet (1,341 x 30 m). There are no aircraft based at Kili. Airlines and destinations References External links *AirNaairport information for Q51 {{authority control Airports in the Marshall Islands Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaben Airport
Kaven (also Kaben) is a small island in the Maloelap Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Situated at the northwesternmost tip of the atoll, it is the largest island and one of the few inhabited ones on the atoll. Together with a few other small islands, it forms part of the "outer islands" of the Marshalls. The island is located to the east of the Likiep Atoll, between Jeltonet in the southwest and Anejaej in the northwest. The southwesternmost tip of the island is called Anenemmwaan also. The region is uninhabited. Geography Kaben is a small island, no more than 2.5 kilometers long and a kilometer across. The island has around in area. It is almost rectangularly-shaped, with a slight hooklike protuberance on the northeastern region of the island. Kaben is lightly inhabited, having had a few man-made structures erected along its southeast coast. History Historically, the island has been claimed by the ''Iroij'', royalty of the islands, as their personal property pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeh Airport
Jeh Airport is a public use airstrip at Jeh on Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands. This airstrip is assigned the location identifier JEJ by the IATA. Facilities Jeh Airport has one runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ... measuring 3,800 ft (1,158 m). Airlines and destinations References Airports in the Marshall Islands {{oceania-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaluit Airport ...
Jaluit Airport is a public use airstrip located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the village of Jabor on Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands. This airstrip is assigned the location identifier N55 by the FAA and UIT by the IATA. Facilities Jaluit Airport is at an elevation of 4 feet (1.2 m) above mean sea level. The runway is designated 03/21 with a gravel surface measuring 5,000 by 60 feet (1,524 x 18 m). There are no aircraft based at Jaluit. Airlines and destinations References External links *AirNaairport information for N55 {{authority control Airports in the Marshall Islands Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield
Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield is a private airport at Enewetak on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. This airport is assigned the location identifier ENT by the IATA. Facilities Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield has one runway designated 06/24, with an asphalt surface measuring 7,700 x 148 ft (2,347 x 45 m) at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. The runway is badly deteriorated and officially reserved for emergency landings only. Runway was built as part of the Naval Base Eniwetok Marshall Islands on the globe in the Pacific Ocean Naval Base Eniwetok was major United States Navy base at the Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, just to west of the International Date Line, during World Wa .... ''pacificwrecks.com'' Airlines and destinations< ...
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