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Kualoa Airfield
Kualoa Airfield
Part of Seventh Air Force
Oahu, near Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
	The southern end of the runway is now a park
Coordinates	21°31′35″N 157°50′22″W / 21.52639°N 157.83944°W
Type	Military airfield
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Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces

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Kualoa Airfield is a former wartime airfield on Oahu, Hawaii. Part of it is now the Kualoa Regional Park.

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"Kualoa Regional Park: Information and Beach Analysis". Hawaii Beach Safety web site. University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
Kualoa Regional Park - official site

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 '''Kualoa Airfield''' is a former wartime airfield on [[Oahu]], [[Hawaii]]. Part of it is now the '''[[Kualoa Regional Park]]'''.
-==History==
-Kualoa Airfield was constructed in 1942 and used during [[World War II]] on 1000 acres of Kualoa Ranch land.  It was a satellite field for units assigned to [[Bellows Field]] and was used mainly for training.
-The aircraft ramp was made of perforated high strength steel ([[Marston mats]]) that was used extensively by the military during World War II for quickly establishing airfields.  Kualoa Field consisted of a single north/south runway.  It was depicted as having a single 6,500' hard-surface runway. The road to [[Kaʻaʻawa, Hawaii|Ka{{okina}}a{{okina}}awa]] and the north shore crossed over Kualoa's runway, so the cars would have to wait whenever an airplane took off.
-The [[28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron]], operating [[P-38 Lightning|P-38]], [[F-4 Lightning|F-4]] and [[A-24 Banshee|A-24]] aircraft was stationed at Kualoa between October 9, 1944 and May 8, 1945.
-The [[18th Fighter Group]], operating [[Curtiss P-40|P-40]]’s, also was stationed there briefly.
-No evidence suggests that Kualoa was ever paved.  The entire runway was formed of pierced steel planking.  The steel planking makes a strong case that the military had no plans to keep Kualoa open any longer than it was needed.
-Following the war the land was returned to the original owners.
-==Today==
-[[File:Mokolii Oahu.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mokolii|Mokoli{{okina}}i]], "Chinaman's Hat"]]
-The airfield stretched across Kamehameha Highway from Kualoa Ranch to what is now Kualoa Regional Park.  What's left of Kualoa's former runway is now a dirt road stretching from north of the Kualoa Ranch visitor center, and through to the maintenance yard.  The entrance to Kualoa Regional park off of Kamehameha Highway was once part of the airstrip.  The property inland became [[Ahupua'a O Kahana State Park|Ahupua{{okina}}a O Kahana State Park]] and [[Kualoa Ranch]]. The only remaining aviation activity at the site is occasional use by model airplane flyers that use the grass field.  A few of the fortified revetments along the sheer cliffs above the former airfield still remain intact, including Battery Cooper, as the only remaining indication of this site's military history.
-Kualoa point land is the northern end of [[Kāne'ohe Bay|Kāne{{okina}}ohe Bay]]. The small island [[Mokolii|Mokoli{{okina}}i]], often called "Chinaman's Hat", is right offshore. The road is called [[Kamehameha Highway]], state route 83.
-The park includes two small campgrounds administered by the [[City and County of Honolulu]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Camping Information |work= Honolulu County Parks and Recreation web site |url= http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/camping.htm |accessdate= 2010-04-14 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100414020655/http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/camping.htm |archivedate= 2010-04-14 |df=  }}</ref>
 ==See also==
-{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}
 * [[Hawaii World War II Army Airfields]]
 ==References==
-{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
-* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|origyear=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402|pages= }}
-{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-* {{cite web |title= Kualoa Regional Park: Information and Beach Analysis |work= Hawaii Beach Safety web site  |publisher= University of Hawaii |url= http://oceansafety.soest.hawaii.edu/?i=oahu&shid=3&bch=kualoa |accessdate= 2010-04-14 }}
+* {{cite web |title= Kualoa Regional Park: Information and Beach Analysis |work= Hawaii Beach Safety web site |publisher= University of Hawaii |url= http://oceansafety.soest.hawaii.edu/?i=oahu&shid=3&bch=kualoa |access-date= 2010-04-14 |archive-date= 2009-09-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090918001918/http://oceansafety.soest.hawaii.edu/?bch=kualoa&shid=3&i=oahu |url-status= dead }}
 * [http://www1.honolulu.gov/parks/programs/beach/kualoa.htm Kualoa Regional Park] - official site
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 [[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Hawaii]]
 [[Category:History of Oahu]]
-[[Category:Buildings and structures in Honolulu County, Hawaii]]
 [[Category:Defunct airports in Hawaii]]
 [[Category:1942 establishments in Hawaii]]

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