Location
Located in southern Manila at Makati at Paseo De Roxas Road and Ayala Avenue. Also known as "Nielson Field".

Construction
Built by Americans prewar in The airfield consisted of a single runway, large tarmac area and dispersal area with revetments.

At the airfield was the Manila Air Depot for the FEAF, used to assemble aircraft and store equipment.

Japanese Occupation
Occupied by the Japanese and used during their occupation.

Japanese Units based at Nielson FIeld
51 Hikoshidan Shirebu Hikohan (51st Air Brigade) Ki-49 1945

American Missions Against Nielson Field
January 26, 1942 - January 9, 1945

American Liberation
Liberated by Americans during March 1945. Several Japanese aircraft were captured at the airfield, including: Ki-49 Helen 3567.

Quickly, the airfield was repaired and again used as an American base.

American Units based at Nielson Field
374th TCG, 33rd TCS (C-47) from Hollandia April 8, 1945 - ?
374th TCG HQ (C-47s) from Biak May 28, 1945 - ?
374th TCG, 22nd TCS (C-47) from Finschafen August 1, 1945 - ?

Postwar
Nielson Airfield was closed as an airfield in 1947. The land was instead used for commercial development. The old runway is now Paseo De Roxas Road and the tarmac area is now Ayala Avenue in Makati.

Today
The former airfield area is now the commercial center of Makati.

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Last Updated
October 15, 2009