is midway island airport open
Henderson Field (IATA: MDY, ICAO: PMDY) is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States.The airport is used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. It still serves in this capacity, for instance in June 2011, in July 2012 and in July 2014.enderson Field was named after Major Lofton R. Henderson (killed in the Battle of Midway during WWII) and is one of 3 airfields so-named (the other 2 include the original Henderson Field on Eastern Island (Midway Atoll) and Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)).
Long closed to visitors, Midway is today the only atoll or island in the Monument that is open to any form of tourism. As much travel as we do to exotic and hard to reach wildlife locations, Midway stands alone. Here you may encounter upwards of 3 million seabirds, nearly all with no fear of man.ong closed to visitors, Midway is today the only atoll or island in the Monument that is open to any form of tourism. As much travel as we do to exotic and hard to reach wildlife locations, Midway stands alone. Here you may encounter upwards of 3 million seabirds, nearly all with no fear of man.