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    Oahu (O'ahu) Hawaii United States
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Oahu (O'ahu) is the third largest of the Hawaii Islands located roughly the center of the island chain and the most populous. Prewar and during World War II part of the Territory of Hawaii. Today part of the State of Hawaii in the United States.

Oahu Locations
Honolulu  located on the southern coast of Oahu.
Waikiki  beach front neighborhood of Honolulu.
Pearl Harbor  located on the southern coast of Oahu U.S. Navy (USN) anchorage attacked on December 7, 1941.
Ford Island  located at the center of Pearl Harbor.
West Loch  located at the western edge of Pearl Harbor.
Sand Island (Detention, Kush)  located at the entrance to Pearl Harbor.
Barber's Point  located on the southern coast of Oahu to the west of Pearl Harbor.
Ewa  located on the southern coast of Oahu to the west of Pearl Harbor.
Aiea  located in the center of Oahu includes Fort Shafter.
Wahiawa  located near the center of Oahu includes Schofield Barracks.
Mount Tantalus (Tantalus, Puʻu ʻōhiʻa)  located in the Koʻolau Range north of Honolulu.
Kaneohe (Kāneʻohe)  located on the northern coast of Oahu bordering Kaneohe Bay.
Kaneohe Bay (Kāneʻohe Bay)  located on the northern coast of Oahu.
Diamond Head  located on the southern coast to the east of Honolulu.

Oahu Airfields
Honolulu Airfield (John Rodgers Field)  today as Honolulu International Airport (Daniel K. Inouye Airport).
Hickam Field (Hickam AFB)  located west of Honolulu today part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH).
Luke Field (Ford Island Airfield)  located on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor.
Barber's Point Field (Kalaeloa Airport)  located at Barber's Point on the southern coast of Oahu.
Ewa Field  located at Ewa on the southern coast disused today.
Bellows Field (Bellows Station)  prewar secondary airfield still in use today as Bellows Air Force Station MCTAB.
Wheeler Field  prewar secondary airfield near Wahiawa across from Schofield Barracks.
Waiele Field (Waiele Gulch Army Airfield)  located adjacent to Wheeler Field
Kaneohe Field (NAS Kaneohe)  borders Kaneohe Bay still in use today as Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH).
Kahuku Airfield (Kuilima Air Park)  prewar airfield used postwar as Kuilima Air Park.
Haleiwa Field  located on Oahu disused today.
Kualoa Field (Kualoa Point)  built during 1942 today part of Kualoa State Park and Kualoa Ranch.

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Last Updated
July 12, 2022

 

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