Elenak Airport | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public |
| Serves | Elenak, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands |
| Coordinates | 9°19′14″N166°50′44″E / 9.32056°N 166.84556°E |
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Elenak Airport is a public-use airport at Elenak on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. [1] This airport is on the northwest side of Kwakalein atoll, on the island of Mejato. The airport is just east of the island of Ebadon. [2]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Marshall Islands | Bikini, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap |
The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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The Marshall Islands is an island country in Oceania.
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The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Marshall Islands.
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Kwajalein Atoll High School is a secondary school in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. It is a part of the Marshall Islands Public School System.
Naval Base Marshall Islands were United States Navy advance bases built on the Marshall Islands during World War II to support the Pacific War efforts. The bases were built by US Navy after the Marshall Islands campaign that captured the islands from the Empire of Japan. By February 1944 the United States Armed Forces had captured the islands. Most of the airfields and other facilities Japan had built were destroyed in allied bombing raids and naval bombardment. US Navy Seabee Construction Battalions arrived as soon as the area was secured and remove the debris. The Seabees quickly repaired, built and improved the airfield/runways and seaport. Seabees often worked around the clock to get airfields operational so that fighter aircraft and bombers could start operating. The bases were used for staging upcoming campaigns and for repair.
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