Honiara International Airport
| Honiara International Airport (tidligere Henderson Field) | |||||||||||
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| IATA | HIR | ||||||||||
| ICAO | AGGH | ||||||||||
| Type | Militær | ||||||||||
| Adresse | Honiara | ||||||||||
| Sted | Guadalcanal | ||||||||||
| Højde i moh. | 9 | ||||||||||
| Koordinater | 09°25′40.8″S 160°03′17.24″Ø / 9.428000°S 160.0547889°ØKoordinater: 09°25′40.8″S 160°03′17.24″Ø / 9.428000°S 160.0547889°Ø | ||||||||||
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Honiara International Airport (IATA: HIR, ICAO: AGGH), tidligere kendt som Henderson Field, er en lufthavn som ligger på Guadalcanal i Salomonøerne. Det er Salomonøernes eneste internationale lufthavn og ligger 8 km fra hovedstaden Honiara.
Kontrol med flyvepladsen var målet med Slaget om Henderson Field under slaget om Guadalcanal under 2. Verdenskrig.
Henderson Field blev opkaldt efter den amerikanske major i marinekorpset Lofton Henderson, som havde kommandoen over VMSB-241 som blev dræbt i kamp under slaget om Midway mens han anførte sin eskadrille i kamp mod den japanske hangarskibsstyrke. Herved blev han den første marineflyver som omkom under slaget.
Flyselskaber og destinationer
| Flyselskaber | Destinationer |
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| Air Niugini | Nadi, Port Moresby |
| Air Pacific | Nadi, Port Vila |
| Air Vanuatu | Port Vila |
| HeavyLift Cargo Airlines | Brisbane, Cairns |
| Our Airline | Brisbane, Nauru |
| Solomon Airlines | Arona, Atoifi, Auki, Bellona, Brisbane, Espiritu Santo, Fera, Gatokae, Gizo, Kirakira, Kagau, Marau Island, Munda, Sege, Suavanao |
| Virgin Blue opereret af Pacific Blue | Brisbane |
Boeing B-17E 41-9122 (Eager Beavers), 11. bombegruppe, 72. bombeeskadrille, taxier på 2 motorer på Henderson Field, Guadalcanal i 1943
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Aircraft wrecks at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, circa in late 1942.jpg
Aerial view of aircraft wrecks at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), circa in late 1942. There are many wrecked Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats visible in the lower part of the picture, and some Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers. The larger wreck seems to be a Douglas C-47/R4D. At the top of the picture are a - apparently undamaged - Wildcat and a Boeing B-17E/F Flying Fortress.
Aerial view of aircraft wrecks at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), circa in late 1942. There are many wrecked Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats visible in the lower part of the picture, and some Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers. The larger wreck seems to be a Douglas C-47/R4D. At the top of the picture are a - apparently undamaged - Wildcat and a Boeing B-17E/F Flying Fortress.
Boeing-B-17-e-41-9122-1943.jpg
Boeing B-17E 41-9122 (Eager Beavers), 11th Bomb Group, 42d Bomb Squadron, taxiing on 2 engines at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Captain Frank L. Houx and his crew were lost on 1 February 1943 along with two other 42nd B-17Es: 41-9151 (Captain Earl O. Hall) and 41-2442 "Yokohama Express" (Captain Harold P. Hensley). These were the last three B-17s of the 42nd BS.
Boeing B-17E 41-9122 (Eager Beavers), 11th Bomb Group, 42d Bomb Squadron, taxiing on 2 engines at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. Captain Frank L. Houx and his crew were lost on 1 February 1943 along with two other 42nd B-17Es: 41-9151 (Captain Earl O. Hall) and 41-2442 "Yokohama Express" (Captain Harold P. Hensley). These were the last three B-17s of the 42nd BS.