Popondetta Airfield

 

Location
Located at Popondetta.

Construction
This airfield was one of the first, along with Doboudra built by the Allies.  The Australian Army 36th Battalion was flown from 5-Mile (Wards Drome) to Popondetta, before joining the battle at Sanananda. After the battle, the strip was expanded to a pair of parallel runways, used mainly for C-47 aircraft delivering cargo.

Today
It is overgrown and Located just west of town, disused since the war.

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