Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Ford Island (NALF Ford Island) was a military use airport on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, United States. Prior to 1962, it was designated as Naval Air Station Ford Island until its downgrade from NAS to NALF. It continues to be owned by the United States Navy and is located six nautical miles (11.1 km) northwest of the central business district of the City of Honolulu on Ford Island. NALF Ford Island was closed as an active airfield on 1 July 1999, but still remains part of the Naval Base Pearl Harbor complex.

The former NALF Ford Island covers an area of 170 acres (69 ha) at an elevation of 18 feet (5.5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 150 feet (1,219 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending 4 March 1998, the airport had 39,992 aircraft operations, an average of 110 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport was assigned NPS by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

In 1917, the 6th Aero Squadron was created in Honolulu, with Captain John F. Currey as its commander. Although 50 were assigned, only 49 arrived; one deserted en route. Currey chose Ford Island as the location for the new squadron and bought it from the John Papa I-i- land trust for $236,000, citing its access to water and winds as assets. When Currey was transferred to Washington, command of the squadron was given to Captain John B. Brooks and then Major Hugh J. Knerr, who built hangars and a runway. Early soldiers had to level the island, removing hills and boulders.

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