| Cape Opmarai Airfield | |
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| Southwest Papua, Indonesia | |
  Cape Opmarai Airfield Location in Bird's Head Peninsula  Cape Opmarai Airfield Location in Southwest Papua | |
| Coordinates | 00°28′14″S132°07′20″E / 0.47056°S 132.12222°E |
| Type | Military Airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States |
Cape Opmarai Airfield is a disused airfield located near Sansapor, in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. It is abandoned and overgrown, disused since 1944.
The airfield was used during the Sansapor-Cape Opmarai Operation, 30 July-31 August 1944 in northern Dutch New Guinea. On 30 July, a task force comprising elements of the United States Army 6th Division made simultaneous and unopposed landings near Cape Opmarai on the mainland, and on Middelburg and Amsterdam Islands to the northwest. Only a few enemy stragglers were encountered. The next day a shore-to shore landing from Cape Opmarai was carried out at Sansapor.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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