Hickam Field
Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam. The installation merged in 2010 with Naval Station Pearl Harbor to become part of the newly formed Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airport
- Description: United States Air Force base at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, USA
- Also known as: “Fort Kamehameha Flying Field Tracts A and B”
- Historically known as: “Hickam AFB” and “Hickam Air Force Base”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Federal Detention Center, Honolulu and Middle Street–Kalihi Transit Center.
Federal Detention Center, Honolulu
Prison
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The Federal Detention Center, Honolulu is a United States federal prison facility in Hawaii which holds male and female prisoners of all security levels prior to or during court proceedings in Hawaii Federal District Court, as well as inmates serving brief sentences.
Middle Street–Kalihi Transit Center
Metro station
Kahauiki station is a Skyline station in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. It is part of Segment 2 of the Skyline route, which opened on October 16, 2025. The Hawaiian Station Name Working Group proposed Hawaiian names for the twelve rail stations on the eastern end of the rail system in April 2019. Middle Street–Kalihi Transit Center is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hickam Field.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Metro station
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Makalapa station is a Skyline station in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, serving Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. It is part of Segment 2 of the Skyline route which opened on October 16, 2025. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is situated 2½ miles north of Hickam Field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Western Honolulu and Salt Lake.
Western Honolulu
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Western Honolulu is an area of Honolulu, made up of the neighborhoods between Downtown Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. The neighborhoods of Kalihi, Moanalua, Salt Lake, as well as the Honolulu International Airport and Pearl Harbor are covered in this article.
Salt Lake
Suburb
Salt Lake is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii on the island of O‘ahu. The area is also known as Āliamanu after a nearby crater, although Salt Lake itself is in a crater called Ālia pa‘akai — meaning "salt pond" in the Hawaiian language. Salt Lake is situated 2½ miles north of Hickam Field.
Kalihi
Suburb
Kalihi is a neighborhood of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, United States. Split by Likelike Highway, it is flanked by Liliha, Chinatown, and Downtown Honolulu to the east and Mapunapuna, Moanalua, and Salt Lake to the west. Kalihi is situated 3½ miles east of Hickam Field.
Hickam Field
- Categories: historic district, air base, and transportation
- Location: Hawaii, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Hickam Field” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hickam Field”
- Chinese: “Hickam Housing”
- Chinese: “希卡姆”
- Chinese: “希卡姆空軍基地”
- Chinese: “希卡母”
- Chinese: “希肯空軍基地”
- Chinese: “珍珠港-希卡姆联合基地”
- Czech: “Hickam Field”
- Danish: “Hickam Air Force Base”
- Dutch: “Hickam Air Force Base”
- Dutch: “Hickam Housing (Hawaï)”
- Dutch: “Hickam Housing”
- French: “Hickam AFB”
- French: “Hickam Air Force Base”
- German: “Hickam AFB”
- German: “Hickam Air Force Base”
- German: “Hickam Field”
- German: “HIK”
- German: “PHIK”
- Japanese: “ヒッカム空軍基地”
- Korean: “히캄 공군기지”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hickam Housing”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hickam Air Force Base”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hickam Field”
- Norwegian: “Hickam Field”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی هیکام”
- Polish: “Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam”
- Polish: “Naval Base Pearl Harbor”
- Polish: “NB Pearl Harbor”
- Polish: “Pearl Harbor (baza marynarki wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych)”
- Polish: “Pearl Harbor (baza marynarki wojennej USA)”
- Polish: “Pearl Harbor Submarine Base”
- Portuguese: “Hickam Housing (Havaí)”
- Portuguese: “Hickam Housing”
- Slovenian: “Hickam AFB”
- Slovenian: “Hickam Air Force Base”
- Slovenian: “Hickam Field”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aerea Hickam”
- Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Hickam”
- Ukrainian: “Гіккам (авіабаза)”
- Ukrainian: “Гіккам”
- Urdu: “ہیکم ایئرفورس بیس”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hickam Village and Kahauiki Village.
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