Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport
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.- 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.
Henderson Field / Midway Atoll Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Midway Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.20578° or 28° 12′ 21″ northLongitude
-177.38198° or 177° 22′ 55″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Operator
US Department of the InteriorIATA airport code
MDYICAO airport code
PMDYOpen location code
72W46J49+86OpenStreetMap ID
way 1012074590OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
5854944Wikidata 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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gooneyville Lodge and Midway Bowl.
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