Location
Located to the west of Dobodura and Horanda villages, to the north of the Samboga river.
Construction
Built by the US Army, a single runway was 6,000' bitumen surface. Later expanded to a pair of parallel airfields: West No. 4 and East No. 4. Also a perpendicular strip No. 4 Y (Horanda Y) known for
the "Y" shapped
assembly and taxi area at the end of its runway. Ravetments were located around the south and north of the runway, with taxiways connecting to dispersal areas.
Wartime Usage
Horanda became the main airfield in the Dubodura area, fully developed by the middle of 1943, until Nadzab Airfield was developed. By July 1945, only Horanda West No. 4 and East No. 4 were the only operational airstrips in the complex.
Post War
Disused since the war, the area was heavily scrapped after the war.
Today
The airfield
area is just kunai, and much of the bitumen runway and taxiways
are still present and in remarkable contition. Smaller bits
of aircraft fuel drums and so forth, and the 'U' shapped
ravetments and are still visible to this
day.
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