Gakona Landing Strip

Gakona Landing Strip
Part of Eleventh Air Force
Gakona, Alaska
Site information
Type	Military airfield
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Location
Gakona LS
Coordinates	62°18′06″N145°17′29″W / 62.30167°N 145.29139°W / 62.30167; -145.29139
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1943-1944
Battles/wars	Aleutian Islands Campaign

Gakona Landing Strip is an abandoned airfield located near Gakona in the U.S. state of Alaska.

History

The strip was used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) as an emergency landing field for aircraft assigned to Alaska during World War II. It was closed after the war.

See also

• Alaska World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency