World War II Airstrip Hughes - NT

  Airstrip

Position

DEG: -12.69425 131.092896
DMS: 12º 41' 39.3" S 131º 05' 34.42" E
UTM: 52 L 8595763mN 727277mE
Altitude: 51.13m

Description

Place Type

Infrastructure - Airstrip

Location

38.25kms SouthEast of Darwin - Driving 51.7 km (41 mins)

Address & Contact

Hughes NT 0822
Phone: N/A
Email: N/A
Web: N/A

Information

Hughes Field (32 Mile) at Noonamah, in the Northern Territory was located 32 mile south of Darwin.
Hughes Field was built by the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion who had arrived at Melbourne aboard the U.S.S Coolidge on 2 February 1942, the first U.S. Army Engineering Unit to arrive in Australia. The 808th initially camped at Camp Darley in Melbourne.
Hughes Field was built by the 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion less Company A and HQ detachment between 10 March 1942 to 13 April 1942.
They built 5,000ft of runway that was 100 ft wide with a 25 ft right shoulder and a 50 ft left shoulder paved with 8 inches of clay bound gravel with a coat of Diesel Oil. Also built was 6,000 ft of taxiway 40 ft wide with 10 ft shoulders paved with three inches of gravel and 24 dispersals with out revetments.
Hughes Field may have been named after Lt. Charles Hughes of 33rd Pursuit Squadron USAAF who was killed during the first Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942.
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Closest Weather Station

Middle Point at 05/02:30pm CST
Distance from World War II Airstrip Hughes 24.43km NE
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
34.6°C34.8°C44%20.6°C1008.8hPa0.0mmN20km/hr
11knots
32km/hr
17knots

Closest Climatic Station

Middle Point Aws
Distance from World War II Airstrip Hughes 24.43km NE
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C33.433.133.334.133.231.932.633.936.337.236.235.0
Mean Min. °C24.324.023.922.319.014.814.414.919.122.123.524.1
Mean Rain mm281.9319.3271.3100.420.20.50.50.819.950.1119.0237.8

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