Wakde Airfield

Wakde Airfield
Part of Fifth Air Force
Wakde Island, Papua, Indonesia
Wakde Airfield
Location in Papua
Wakde Airfield
Location in Indonesia
Site information
TypeMilitary airfield
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Location
Coordinates01°56′20.38″S 139°00′51.44″E / 1.9389944°S 139.0142889°E / -1.9389944; 139.0142889
Site history
Built1943 (Japanese)
Rebuilt by US Army (1944)
In use1944-1945

Wakde Airfield is a World War II airfield located on Wakde Island, off the northern coast of New Guinea in Papua, Indonesia. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.