Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport

Henderson Field is a public located on Sand Island in , an unincorporated territory of the . The airport is used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport located on Midway atoll
  • Also known as: “Henderson Field”, “Henderson Field (Midway Atoll)”, “Henderson Field Airport”, “MDY”, “Midway Atoll Airport”, “Naval Air Facility Midway”, “Naval Air Station Midway”, and “PMDY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spit Island.

Islet
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is an islet.

Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport

Latitude
28.20578° or 28° 12′ 21″ north
Longitude
-177.38198° or 177° 22′ 55″ west
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Operator
US Department of the Interior
IATA airport code
MDY
ICAO airport code
PMDY
Open location code
72W46J49+86
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1012074590
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
5854944
Wiki­data ID
Q3888137
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Xhosa—“Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Aeródromu Henderson”
  • Cebuano: “Henderson Field Civil Airport”
  • Chinese: “亨德森机场”
  • Chinese: “韓德森空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “韩德森空军基地”
  • Czech: “Hendersonovo letiště”
  • Czech: “Letiště Sand Island”
  • Dutch: “Henderson Field”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هينديرسون فيلد”
  • French: “aérodrome de Henderson Field”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Henderson Field”
  • French: “MDY”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Henderson Field”
  • Indonesian: “MDY”
  • Indonesian: “PMDY”
  • Italian: “Henderson Field”
  • Japanese: “ヘンダーソン飛行場 (ミッドウェー環礁)”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Henderson Field”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه صحرایی هندرسون”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Henderson Field”
  • Spanish: “Aerodromo Henderson”
  • Spanish: “Aeródromo Henderson”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи саҳро ҳндрсун”
  • Xhosa: “I-Henderson Field (Midway)”
  • Xhosa: “I-Henderson Field”

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