Dillingham Airfield
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | U.S. Army | ||||||||||
| Operator | Hawaii Department of Transportation | ||||||||||
| Location | Mokuleia, Hawaii | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°34′46″N 158°11′50″W / 21.57944°N 158.19722°W | ||||||||||
| Website | hawaii.gov/... | ||||||||||
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| Aircraft operations | 40,410 |
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| Based aircraft | 56 |
Dillingham Airfield (IATA: HDH, ICAO: PHDH, FAA LID: HDH) is a public and military use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) west of the central business district of Mokulēʻia, in Honolulu County on the North Shore of Oʻahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is operated by the Hawaii Department of Transportation under a 25-year lease from the United States Army. The airport is primarily used for gliding and sky diving operations. Military operations consist largely of night operations for night vision device training. This airport is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a basic general aviation facility.
A communications station called Camp Kawaihapai was established here in 1922 on 67 acres (27 ha) along the Oahu Railway and Land Company line. In the 1920s and 1930s, the railroad transported mobile coast artillery to the site. By 1941, the Army leased additional land and established Mokulēʻia Airstrip. Curtiss P-40 fighters were deployed at North Shore airstrips at Kahuku, Haleʻiwa and Mokulēʻia when the attack on Pearl Harbor took place. Aircraft taking off from nearby Haleʻiwa destroyed several attacking aircraft.
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