Kipapa Airfield
Part of Seventh Air Force
Mililani Town, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Coordinates21°26′24″N 158°01′09″W / 21.440070°N 158.019120°W / 21.440070; -158.019120
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces

Kipapa Airfield was an airfield on Oahu, Hawaii during World War II. Its name is derived by the Hawaiian word kīpapa which means 'pavement or level terrace' in Hawaiian.

One runway was built early 1942 by the US military for the United States Army Air Corps. Two more runways were added. The three intersecting runways were used by the Seventh Air Force. After the war on July 1, 1947 the base was closed and put under the Hawaii Aeronautics Commission (HAC). Hawaii Aeronautics Commission leased the base to private and student fliers company on July 23, 1948. The operation closed in 1950 with one runway 1,700 feet by 200 feet. A new flying school opened in 1951 and closed in 1958. There is no trace of the base today, part of the base in now Mililani District Park.[1]

Units at Kipapa Airfield for part of the war:


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References

  1. ↑ "Hawaiian Place Names". Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Libraryib. Ulukau.org. Retrieved 21 January 2016.



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