Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield

Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield
Enewetak Island, Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands
A U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 Liberator departs the airfield, April 1944
Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield Show map of Marshall Islands Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield Show map of Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	11°20.45′N 162°19.67′E
Site information
Owner	Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Site history
Built	February – April 1944
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: ENT, ICAO: PKMA
Elevation	13 feet (4 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 06/24 7,700 feet (2,347 m) Asphalt
Sources: DoD FLIP[1]

Enewetak Auxiliary Airfield (formerly Stickell Field) is a military airfield on Enewetak Island, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Originally built for the United States Navy during World War II, the airport is currently operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) on behalf of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).[1]

History

Originally built as part of Naval Base Eniwetok, construction on the airfield began in late February 1944, with the first plane landing on 11 March, and the first mission executed by a permanently stationed bomber unit flown from the field on 5 April.[2]

The runway underwent repair and restoration work between 1974 and 1976 in order for the airfield to support the radiological cleanup of Enewetak Atoll in the aftermath of nuclear weapons testing on the atoll between 1948 and 1958.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Marshall Islands	Kwajalein

References

1. DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) – Supplement Pacific, Australasia and Antarctica. St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2021. p. B–87.
2. "Bases in the Central Pacific". Building the Navy's Bases in World War II. Vol. II. United States Government Printing Office. 1947.
3. The Radiological Cleanup of Enewetak Atoll (PDF) (Report). Defense Nuclear Agency. 1981. pp. 145–146.