Henderson Field (Midway Atoll)

For other uses, see Henderson Field (disambiguation).

Henderson Field
IATA: MDY – ICAO: PMDY
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		U.S. Dept. of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Operator		American Airports Corp. (under sub-contract with Chugach Industries, Inc.)
Serves		Midway Atoll
Location		Sand Island, Midway Atoll
Elevation AMSL		18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates		28°12′05″N 177°22′53″W
Website		www.americanairports.com
Maps
Location on Sand Island. Former runways in gray.
PMDY Location in the Pacific Ocean
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
6/24	7,800	2,377	Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Henderson Field (IATA: MDY, ICAO: PMDY) is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport was once used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. It is subsidized by Boeing. It still serves this capacity, most recently in June 2011.

Facilities

Henderson Field covers 1,200 acres (486 ha) and has one runway:

• Runway 6/24: 7,800 × 150 ft (2,377 × 46 m), surface: asphalt

Continental Airlines Boeing 737 at Midway to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, in 2008.

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

• Information resources for this airport:
  • Information about PMDY
  • Weather information at this airport PMDY
• AirNav - Henderson Field Airport : Airport facilities and navigational aids.