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Marine Corps Air Facility Kaneohe Bay

MCAS Kaneohe Bay
Overhead shot of MCAF KBAY.jpg
Aerial photograph of MCAF Kaneohe Bay.
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator United States Marine Corps
Serves Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Location Kaneohe, Hawaii
Built 1939
In use 1939-1949, 1952 - present
Commander LtCol D. Mark Angersbach
Elevation AMSL 24 ft / 7 m
Website www.mcbhawaii.marines.mil/...
Map
NGF is located in Hawaii
NGF
NGF
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 7,771 2,369 Asphalt
Sources: Official website and FAA
Kanehoe Naval Air Station
Hangar 101 MCAS Kaneohe Bay.jpg
During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, portions of Hangar 1 were destroyed. In 1987, the hangar and five sea plane ramps were designated a National Historic Landmark.
Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay is located in Hawaii
Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay
Nearest city Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii
Coordinates 21°26′45″N 157°46′11″W / 21.44583°N 157.76972°W / 21.44583; -157.76972Coordinates: 21°26′45″N 157°46′11″W / 21.44583°N 157.76972°W / 21.44583; -157.76972
Area 41-acre (17 ha)
Built 1941
Architect United States Navy
NRHP Reference # 87001299
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 28, 1987
Designated NHLD May 28, 1987

Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay or MCAS Kaneohe Bay (IATA: NGFICAO: PHNGFAA LID: NGF) is a United States Marine Corps airfield located within the Marine Corps Base Hawaii complex, formerly known as Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Kaneohe Bay or Naval Air Station (NAS) Kaneohe Bay. It is located two miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district of Kaneohe, in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. The airfield has one runway (4/22) with a 7,771 x 200 ft (2,369 x 61 m) asphalt surface.

The United States Army acquired 322 acres (1.30 km2) of the peninsula when President Woodrow Wilson signed executive order 2900 establishing the Kuwaaohe Military Reservation. Little is known about the operations of the fort, however, at the end of World War I, the military property was leased for ranching. In 1939, Kuwaaohe was reactivated, subjected to many name changes to include Camp Ulupa’u, and eventually named Fort Hase.

Prior to and during World War II, Fort Hase grew from a humble beginning as a defense battalion to a major unit of the Windward Coastal Artillery Command. Navy planners began to eye the peninsula in 1939 as the home of a strategic seaplane base. They liked the isolated location, the flat plains for an airfield and the probability of flights into prevailing trade winds. In 1939, the Navy acquired 464 acres (1.88 km2) of the peninsula for use of the PBY Catalina Patrol seaplanes for long-range reconnaissance flights. One year later, the Navy owned all of the Mokapu Peninsula except for Fort Hase.


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