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West Field is a former World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands.Today, West Field is used as the civilian Tinian International Airport.West Field at Tinian Naval Base was a base for Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands in 1944–45 and the base for the B-29 Superfortress 58th Bombardment Wing.
The airport was established on the site of the World War II era West Field. Tinian International Airport covers an area of 1,416 acres (573 ha) which contains one paved runway (8/26) measuring 8,600 x 150 ft (2,621 x 46 m). [1]
Also see airport category and list. PGRO (ROP) – Rota International Airport (Benjamin Taisacan Manglona International Airport) (FAA: GRO) – Rota Island; PGSN (SPN) – Saipan International Airport (Francisco C. Ada International Airport) (FAA: GSN) – Saipan Island; PGWT (TIQ) – Tinian International Airport (West Tinian) (FAA: TNI ...
Tinian Island: TNI TIQ: PGWT Tinian International Airport (West Tinian) P-N 38,664 Commercial service – nonprimary airports: Rota Island: GRO ROP: PGRO Rota International Airport: CS 11,625 General aviation airports: Shomu-Shon, Pagan Island: TT01 Pagan Airstrip: GA 0 Former military airfields: Tinian Island: North Field (closed)
Tinian Island in 1945: the vast North Field airfield is in the foreground with West Field beyond; the rest of the island is filled with barracks, buildings, and hangars. The task would have been easier if the plateau had been wider. As it was, the 7,000-foot (2,100 m) wide plateau required large amounts of fill.
Tinian (/ ˈ t ɪ n i ən, ˌ t iː n i ˈ ɑː n /) is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of the four constituent municipalities of the Northern Marianas. Tinian's largest village is San Jose.
Tinian International Airport (West Tinian) P-N 38,664 PUERTO RICO: Aguadilla: BQN BQN TJBQ Rafael Hernández Airport: P-N 294,921 Ceiba: RVR NRR: TJRV José Aponte de la Torre Airport: P-N 21,870 Culebra: CPX CPX TJCP Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport: P-N 14,612 Ponce: PSE PSE TJPS Mercedita Airport: P-N 91,966 San Juan: SIG SIG TJIG
B-29 taking off from Chakulia, June 1944 [note 3] B-29 on an unfinished airfield in China, 1944 [note 4] B-29s of the 462d Bomb Group West Field, Tinian. After much effort, the headquarters of the XX Bomber Command had been established at the former RAF Kharagpur Airfield, India on 28 March 1944 under the command of General Wolfe. The first B ...