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Henderson Field is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. It still serves in this capacity, for instance in June 2011,〔 in July 2012 and in July 2014. Henderson Field was named after Major Lofton R. Henderson (killed in the Battle of Midway during WWII) and is one of 3 airfields so-named (the other 2 include the original Henderson Field on Eastern Island (Midway Atoll) and Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)). The airfield now provides access to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge - the sole "window" into the rich resources of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (established in 2006). It operated until 1993 as Naval Air Facility Midway. After transition from the U.S. Navy to the Department of the Interior, the airport was subsidized by Boeing until 2004. Since 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Dept. of Interior) has fully supported airport operations and maintenance with some assistance from the FAA. Henderson Field is an uncontrolled airport (no tower). Flight arrivals and departures are typically limited to night during the months of November–June when albatross are present.〔(More details on AirportIQ 5010 (airport master records and reports) )〕 (Midway Atoll NWR is the world's largest nesting albatross colony.) The airfield was previously served by Aloha Airlines with scheduled weekly charter flghts to and from Honolulu utilizing a Boeing 737-200 jetliner. Continental Micronesia also served Midway with Boeing 727 jetliners during the early 1970s.〔http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 31, 1971 Continental Airlines system timetable〕 == Facilities == Henderson Field covers and has one runway: * Runway 6/24: , surface: asphalt〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henderson Field (Midway Atoll)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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