West Field (Tinian)

West Field

Gurguan Point Airfield
Part of Twentieth Air Force
West Field, Tinian, 8 July 1945
Site information
TypeMilitary airfield
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Location
Coordinates14°59′57″N 145°37′10″E / 14.99917°N 145.61944°E / 14.99917; 145.61944
Site history
Built1944
In use1944–1946

West Field is a former World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Today, West Field is used as the civilian Tinian International Airport. West Field at Tinian Naval Base was a base for Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands in 1944–45 and the base for the B-29 Superfortress 58th Bombardment Wing.