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Dillingham Airfield, Mokuleia, Hawaii
Tropical aviation thrills
BY DENNIS K. JOHNSON

THE FIRST AIRFIELD on the site of Dillingham Airfield (HDH) was
called Mokuleia Airstrip, built by the U.S. Army in the years before
the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. A few pilots from
nearby North Shore Army airfields were able to get airborne and
confront the Japanese on that infamous day, as depicted in the
movie Pearl Harbor.
Curtiss P-40 fighters were based at Mokuleia in 1941 and
throughout World War II. By end of the war, the runway was
extended to 9,000 feet, long enough for B-29 Superfortress bombers to land there in an emergency. In 1948, the airfield was named
Dillingham Air Force Base, for Capt. Henry Dillingham, a B-29
airman killed in action over Japan.
Today, the airfield is leased from the U.S. Army to the Hawaii
Department of Transportation. Recreational flying and skydiving
businesses comprise the majority of the operations, with an occasional military training flight. Tourists arrive every morning at
the airfield on the North Shore of Oahu to strap into a sailplane,
fly in a powered hang glider, or drop from above during a tandem

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skydive. Honolulu Soaring has been giving scenic
flights here since the 1970s. After being towed above
the airfield, your sailplane (and pilot) will release from
the towplane and catch the sea breeze to gain altitude
along the ridge and then turn out over the ocean where
you might see whales breaching. Gliding over the cool
ocean is a downhill ride and you must turn back with
enough altitude to glide to the ridge, where you can
catch the ridge lift again. If you transition from ridge
lift into a good thermal you might get high enough to
see across the island, all the way to Honolulu, Pearl
Harbor, and Diamond Head.
Below, notice the remnants of berms that once
protected American fighter airplanes when this was
an auxiliary airfield for the American military during
World War II.
As a spot to learn soaring, you can't pick much better. The weather allows about 315 flyable days a year, so



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