Honiara International Airport

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Honiara International Airport
(formerly Henderson Field)
Henderson Field wecks NAN2-47.jpg
Aerial view of aircraft wrecks at Henderson Field in 1942/43 with wrecked Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats and Douglas SBD Dauntless visible in the lower part of the picture
IATA: HIRICAO: AGGH
Summary
Airport type Military
Location Guadalcanal
Elevation AMSL 28 ft / 9 m
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Map
HIR is located in Solomon Islands
HIR
HIR
Location of the airport in Solomon Islands
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 7,218 2,200 Asphalt
For the military history of the airport, see Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)

Honiara International Airport (IATA: HIRICAO: AGGH), formerly known as Henderson Field, is an airport located on Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands. It is the only international airport in the Solomon Islands and is located 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the capital Honiara.

History

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Control of the airstrip was the focus of months of fighting in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II. In 1942 the airfield was under construction by the Imperial Japanese Navy when captured by American forces, who went on to complete it.

Henderson Field was named for Marine Major Lofton Henderson, commanding officer of VMSB-241 who was killed in action at the Battle of Midway while leading his squadron into action against the Japanese carrier forces thereby becoming the first Marine aviator to perish during the battle.

The field was abandoned after the war, but reopened in 1969 as a modernized civilian airport. The airport is capable of accommodating Boeing 737s.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Air Niugini Nadi, Port Moresby International
Fiji Airways Nadi, Port Vila[1] International
Solomon Airlines Brisbane, Nadi, Port Vila, Sydney International
Solomon Airlines Afutara, Arona, Atoifi, Auki, Bellona, Fera, Gizo, Jajao, Kagau, Kirakira, Marau, Ramata, Seghe, Suavanao[2] Domestic
Virgin Australia Brisbane International

Cargo

Airlines Destinations
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines Brisbane, Cairns
Pacific Air Express Brisbane

See also

References

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