On 26 January 1945 the 14th Naval Construction Battalion completed the airfield[1] with a paved runway and it became a busy reliever base for fighter aircraft patrolling the islands.

They had previously flown their P-40B fighters over to the small airfield at Haleiwa as part of a plan to disperse the squadron's planes away from Wheeler.

Not waiting for instructions the pilots called ahead to Haleiwa and had both their fighters fueled, armed and warmed up.

The two P-40s engaged the aircraft attacking Ewa Mooring Mast and shot down five Japanese planes.

A total of nine Japanese aircraft were shot down by pilots from the Haleiwa field during the Pearl Harbor attack, four by 2nd Lt. Welch and two by 2nd Lt. Taylor, who flew P-40B Tomahawks equipped with twin .50 caliber machine guns.

Flying P-36A gunnery trainers stripped of their .50 caliber machine gun and equipped only with a single .30 caliber machine gun to be used for target training, 1st Lieutenant Lewis M. Sanders was credited with shooting down one of the attacking Japanese aircraft, while 2nd Lieutenants Harry W. Brown and Phillip M. Rasmussen were each being credited with shooting down the remaining two attacking aircraft.

The remains of the single runway that was paved during World War II can still be seen but the tarmac is severely compromised by weed growth.

An ancient surfing area around the point,[5] for experts, is accessed from Haleiwa Beach Park off of Kamehameha Highway, Hawaii Route 83.

[6] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency