Check Six: Haleiwa Field

Posted on Mar 10, 2016 in 1930's, Check Six

From the Images of Old Hawaii website

Haleiwa Fighter Strip, Hawaii, 1933. Army Air Corps photograph. click on photograph to enlarge

Haleiwa Fighter Strip, Hawaii, 1933. Army Air Corps photograph.                                                click on photograph to enlarge

The date of construction of the Haleiwa airfield has not been determined. The earliest depiction of the field which has been located was a 1933 aerial photo, which depicted a group of B-6A biplanes on a grass field.

Haleiwa Field on the northwest coast of Oahu, 30-miles from Honolulu, was originally (prewar) a center for private flying.

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