Henderson Field is a public airport

Airport

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 located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll

Midway Atoll

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, an unincorporated territory of the United States

United States

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. The airport was once used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. It is subsidized by Boeing

Boeing

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. It still serves this capacity, most recently in June 2011.

Facilities

Henderson Field covers 1200 acres (486 ha) and has one runway:

• Runway 6/24: 7800 foot, surface: asphalt

Incidents and accidents

• On June 18, 2011, Delta Air Lines flight 277, a Boeing 747-400 on a flight from Honolulu to Osaka, Japan made an unscheduled 12-hour stopover on Midway Atoll after pilots noticed a crack in the cockpit window and made a precautionary landing. The aircraft landed safely at about 5:40 p.m. with 359 passengers and 19 crew members aboard. A replacement 747 arrived from Japan with mechanics and parts for the repair and flew the passengers to Japan at about 5 a.m. the next day.

External links

• AirNav - Henderson Field Airport : Airport facilities and navigational aids.