Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
IATA: GUM ICAO: PGUM FAA LID: GUM GUM Location of the Airport in Guam
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam
Serves	Guam
Location	Barrigada and Tamuning, Guam
Hub for	Asia Pacific Airlines United Airlines
Elevation AMSL	305 ft / 93 m
Coordinates	13°29′02″N 144°47′50″E / 13.48389°N 144.79722°E / 13.48389; 144.79722
Website	guamairport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6L/24R 12,015 3,662 Asphalt/Concrete 6R/24L 10,014 3,052 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2006, 2010)
Aircraft operations (2006) 36,948 Based aircraft (2006) 74 Passengers (2010) 2,807,205
Source: Federal Aviation Administration, Airport Website

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM), also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the United States territory of Guam. The airport is a hub for United Airlines and Asia Pacific Airlines and is also the home of the former Naval Air Station Agana. It is named after Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives, and is operated by the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam (GIAA, Chamorro: Aturidat Puetton Batkon Airen Guahan Entenasionat), an agency of the Government of Guam.

The airport was built by the Japanese Navy about 1943, calling the military airfield Guamu Dai Ni (Guam No. 2) as part of their defense of the Marianas. After the island was recaptured by American forces in 1944, it was renamed Agana Airfield, due to the proximity of the town. After being repaired in October 1944, the United States Army Air Forces Seventh Air Force used the airfield as a base for the 11th Bombardment Group, which flew B-24 Liberator bombers from the station until being moved to Okinawa in July 1945. With the reassignment of the heavy bombers, the 41st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron flew long-range reconnaissance aircraft (F-4 P-38 Lightnings) from the field until January 1946.