Henderson Field (Midway Atoll)

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Henderson Field (IATA: MDY, ICAO: PMDY, FAA LID: MDY) is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. It serves primarily as an emergency diversion airport for trans-Pacific flights and provides access to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. It is one of three airfields named after Major Lofton R. Henderson, who was killed in the Battle of Midway during World War II, the others being the former Henderson Field on Midway's Eastern Island and Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The airport occupies the site of the former Naval Air Facility Midway, which operated until 1993. Construction of the airfield began in July 1942 by Seabees of the 1st Naval Construction Battalion as a bomber airstrip. During the military period, the name Henderson Field referred to the airfield on Eastern Island. Following the closure of the naval air facility, the name was transferred to the Sand Island airport. After the U.S....

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