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Location Crash Strip (Koli Point) is located to the south of Koli Point near the north coast of Guadalcanal. Also known as Koli Point Strip. To the northwest was Carney Field (Bomber 2) and to the southeast was Koli Field (Bomber 3). To the east is the Metapona River. Prewar and during the Pacific War part of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP). Today located in Guadalcanal Province in the Solomon Islands. Construction Built during late 1943, as a single runway measured 3,000' x 300' oriented northeast to southwest parallel to Carney Field (Bomber 2) to the northeast and and Koli Field (Bomber 3) to the southwest. Wartime History During late 1943 until the end of the Pacific War, used as an emergency runway for crash landings. Today Disused since the war. Today, the former runway is overgrown with kunai grass. Contribute
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