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Ulithi Airport - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 10°1′39″N 139°47′20″E / 10.02750°N 139.78889°E

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Ulithi Civil Airfield

Aerial view of Ulithi Airfield, 2015

IATA: ULI
ICAO: none
FAA LID: TT02

Summary

Airport type

Public

Serves

Falalop

Location

Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia

Elevation AMSL

6 ft / 2 m

Coordinates

10°1′39″N 139°47′20″E / 10.02750°N 139.78889°E

Map

ULI

Location of the airport in Federated States of Micronesia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
09/27	914	3,000	Concrete

Source: Division of Civil Aviation ^[1]

Ulithi Civil Airfield (IATA: ULI, FAA LID: TT02) is a public airport serving the island of Falalop, located in the Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. It was previously Falalop Airfield or Naval Air Base Ulithi (NAB Ulithi), when used as a World War II airfield.

History

The Japanese had built an airstrip on Falalop. Ulithi Atoll was captured unopposed on 20 September 1944. On 8 October the 51st Naval Construction Battalion began to improve the former Japanese airfield on Falalop, creating a coral-surfaced 3,500 feet (1,100 m) by 150 feet (46 m) runway, six taxiways, hardstands, lighting, a traffic-control tower, operations buildings, tank farm and a seaplane ramp. The airfield was fully operational by 1 December 1944.^[2]

Marine Air Group 45 (MAG-45) deployed to Falalop in late September to establish base operations.

Units stationed at Falalop included VMD-354 operating photo-reconnaissance F4Us, VMF(N)-542 operating F6F-3N night-fighters and Air Warning Squadron 2 (AWS-2) providing early warning and ground controlled intercept.

Fleet Air Wing One (FAW-1) was based at Falalop from 15 October until 30 December 1944 when it was relocated to Saipan.^[3]

On 7 December 1944 a detachment of two PBYs of VPB-23 was deployed to Falalop for air-sea rescue missions. A further 3 aircraft were deployed on 20 June 1945. All VPB-23 aircraft were transferred to Tanapag Harbor on Saipan on 13 December 1945.^[3]^: 431–2 It was expanded and resurfaced, the runway running the full width of the island. The east end of the strip was extended approximately twenty feet past the natural shoreline. A number of small strips for light aircraft were built on several of the smaller islands.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Caroline Islands Air	Charter: Chuuk, Yap
Pacific Mission Aviation	Fais, Yap

References

^ "Ulithi Civil Airfield". Federated States of Micronesia Division of Civil Aviation. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
^ Building the Navy's Bases in World War II History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946. US Government Printing Office. 1947. pp. 332–4. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ ^a ^b Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons - Volume 2. Naval Historical Center. p. 811. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Tim Lanzendorfer (November 2003). "Ulithi in the western Carolines". The Pacific War: The US Navy.

External links

v t e Airports in the Federated States of Micronesia
Major international	Pohnpei
Minor international	Chuuk Kosrae Yap
Domestic	Ulithi Woleai Airfield (closed) Fais Airfield Houk Onoun Airfield Mortlock Islands Airfield (Ta Village)

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