Delta Airlines Emergency landing at Midway atoll

[420gma]

My dad was a marine on midway when pearl harbor was attacked and during the battle of midway.

[peakster753]

I am impressed by the way the folks on this island had their act together for this situation...

[edwardearl1]

B17's never flew from Midway to Japan, nor did B-29's have the range to accomplish that. The Island was never abandoned, it has always remained an active instillation.

[cnwkwang]

that airport is big enough???

[R5H4D0W]

@cnwkwang well, Henderson Field was designed to schedule bombing runs to Japan for B-17s, It was abandoned after it was returned to Hawaii after the war, I am genuinely surprised of their runways condition to accommodate a bird this size.

[EJ25RUN]

@cnwkwang 7800 ft long x 150ft wide. Yes. Read about ETOPS. This will help you understand why Midway is such an important tool to make your pacific trip not take much longer than it does. In fact, its about to get smaller with the 777 330 minute ETOPS.

[RogerDeanSmart]

I was stationed there as well when I was active duty and I let a Boeing 747 land there when they had a heart attack victim.