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WW 2 PACIFIC AIRSTRIPS
 
Airstrip
Location
Area
Lat.
Long.
Nat
TOº
Addenda
Alexishafen
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 5 04.85
E 145 47.09
JA
220
East coast of New Guinea, north of Lae

Arakabesan
Arakabesan Island
Palau Islands
N 7 21.35
E 134 26.66
JA
150
West of Babelthuap

Aslito
Saipan
Marianas
N 15 06.53
E 145 43.36
US
80
North of Guam

Babelthuap
Babeldaob Island
Palau
N 7 22.21
E 134 33.93
JA
280
Northeast of Koror

Buka
New Britain
Solomons
S 5 33.77
E 151 46.13
JA
128
Southeast coast, SW of Rapopo

Buka 2
Bougainville
Solomons
S 5 26.98
E 154 39.93
JA
35
Northern tip of Bougainville

Buna
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 8 48.81
E 148 24.69
JA
140
Southeast of Salamaua; on the coast.

C. Gloucester
New Britain
Solomons
S 5 30.39
E 148 30.89
JA
192
West tip of New Britain

Emidj
Emidj Island
Marshall Islands
N 6 00.04
E 169 43.62
US
350
Southwest Marshalls

Engebi
Engebi Island
Marshall Islands
N 11 39.94
E 162 14.87
US
68
Part of Kwajalein

Espritu Santo
Espritu Santo
New Hebrides
S 15 31.35
E 167 13.46
US
348
Highly developed

Eten
Eten Island
Truk Islands
N 7 21.08
E 151 52.62
US
45
East of Param

Gasmata
New Britain
Solomons
S 6 15.56
E 150 20.43
JA
220
South coast of New Britain

Guam
Guam
Marianas
N 13 26.28
E 144 38.75
US
90
S tip of Marianas, NE of Palau, NW of Carolines

Henderson
Guadalcanal
Solomons
S 9 26.00
E 160 2.56
US
57
Home of the Cactus Air Force

Hollandia
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 2 33 09
E 140 43.33
JA
192
North coast of New Guinea

Kahili
Bougainville
Solomons
S 6 45.77
E 155 48.65
US
305
South coast of Bougainville

Kavieng
New Ireland
Solomons
S 2 34.12
E 150 48.11
JA
110
Northern tip of New Ireland

Kieta
Bougainville
Solomons
S 6 18.62
E 155 43.46
JA
140
East coast of Bougainville

Koror
Babelthuap Island
Palau Islands
N 7 20.74
E 134 29.11
US
87
Admin. cap. of JA. Pacific islands 1942 1945

Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
N 8 42.87
E 167 43.56
JA
51
Atoll in the Marshalls

Lae
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 6 43.83
E 146 59.93
JA
165
Eastern New Guinea

Lakunai
New Britain
Solomons
S 4 13.53
E 152 10.81
JA
120
Adjacent to Malaguna

Malaguna
New Britain
Solomons
S 4 12.96
E 152 9.27
JA
223
North tip of New Britain

Marcus
Marcus Island
Truk Islands
N 24 17.06
E 153 59.16
JA
288
East of Iwo Jima

Mille
Mille Atoll
Marshall Islands
N 6 04.82
E 171 44.30
US
265
East of Emidj, north of Tarawa

Moen
Truk Island
Truk Islands
N 7 27.29
E 151 50.16
US
39
North of Eten

Munda
New Georgia
Solomons
S 8 19.91
E 157 16.66
US
70
East of Vila

Namatanai
New Ireland
Solomons
S 3 79.76
E 152 26.25
JA
260
E coast of New Ireland which was never invaded.

Nauru
Nauru Island
Nauru
S 0 31.97
E 166 54.45
US
125
West of Tarawa

Ocean Island
Banaba Island
Kiribati
S 0 53.42
E 169 32.09
JA
109
All by itself

Pagan
Pagan Island
Marianas Islands
N 18 05.80
E 145 44.80
US
44
North of Saipan and Tinian

Param
Param Island
Truk Islands
N 7 21.17
E 151 46.98
US
59
West of Eten

Peleliu
Peleliu Island
Palau Islands
N 6 59.32
E 134 13.37
US
45
Southern island in Palau group

Ponape
Ponape Island
Truk
N 6 56.52
E 158 9.49
US
152
East of Truk; now spelled Pohnpe.

Port Moresby
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 9 22.49
E 147 13.20
JA
137
Southeast New Guinea

Rapopo
Rabaul, New Britain
Solomons
S 4 20.82
E 152 18.81
US
10
Taken in 1944

Roi
Roi Island
Marshall Islands
N 9 23.67
E 167 27.83
US
300
Kwajalein

Salamaua
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 7 04.77
E 147 2.38
JA
25
South of Lae; coastal SE New Guinea

Tarawa
Betio Island
Gilbert Islands
N 1 21.18
E 172 55.95
US
81
South of Mille. Vicious battle, November 1943

Taroa
Maloelap Atoll
Marshall Islands
N 8 42.46
E 171 14.39
US
290
Southeast of Wotje

Tinian
Tinian Island
Marianas
N 15 03.20
E 145 36.90
JA
102
Southwest of Saipan

Torokina
Bougainville
Solomons
S 6 14.16
E 146 20.91
JA
138
West coast of Bougainville

Tsili Tsili
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 6 51.26
E 155 2.19
JA
38
In the mountains west of Lae

Vila
New Georgia
Solomons
S 8 07.97
E 157 8.12
JA
12
West of Munda

Vunakanau
New Britain
Solomons
S 4 18.72
E 152 8.30
US
120
NE tip of New Britain

Wake
Wake Island
US Territory
N 19 16.79
E 166 38.89
US
27
Taken by JAs the day after Pearl Harbor

Wewak
New Guinea
New Guinea
S 3 32.48
E 143 35.19
US
315
N coast New Guinea

Wotje
Wotje Atoll
Marshall Islands
N 9 27.57
E 170 14.62
JA
310
Northern Marshall Islands. Taken Aug, 1944

Yap
Yap Island
Marshall Islands
N 9 29.52
E 138 5.17
JA
87
North of Pelau
 
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