Location
Located north of Nandi on Viti Levu, Fiji.

Construction
5,000' runway.

Wartime History
Used on the aircraft ferry route from Hawaii to Australia. Aircraft would next fly to Canton. Many of the USAAF units on Fiji were under the direct command of the US Navy.

Units Based at Nandi
USAAF
Task Group 8.9 (B-17) Canton January 21-23, 1942 New Caledonia
70th Pursuit Squadron (P-39s) USA Jan 29 - Dec 1942 Guad
11th BG, 431 BS (B-17) Hawaii July 24 - Dec 5, 1942 Espiritu Santo
5th BG, 394th BS (B-17, B-24) Hawaii Dec 5, 42 - June 28, 43 Guad
5th BG HQ (B-17s) Hawaii Dec 25, 1942 - ?
5th BG 394th BS HQ (B-17) Hawaii Dec 25, 1942 - ?
7th BG, 86th BS (B-17) air echelon Hickam February 10, 1942 - ?
7th BG, 88th BS (B-17) air echelon Hickam Feb 12 - 20, 42 Townsville
7th BG, 22nd BS (B-17) Jogjakarta Feb 14 - Feb 20, 1942 Townsville
38th BG, 70th BS (B-26) ? - Jan 9, 1943 Guad returns Feb 4, 1943
347th FG, 68th FS (P-39, P-38) Guad April 12, 43 - Feb 4, 44 Boug
18th FG, 70th FS (P-39) ? - April 6, 1943 Guad
42nd BG HQ USA April 22 - June 6, 1943 Guad
42nd BG, 390th BS (B-25) New Caledonia April 23 - May 11, 43 to Guad
RNZAF
15 Squadron (P-40) NZ March - April 14, 1943 to Espiritu Santo

Today
Still in use today, as Fiji's international airport. Airport code NAN.

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October 1, 2009

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