Munda Airport

Originally built by Japanese forces during World War II and further developed by the U. S. Naval Construction Battalions 24 and 73 following its capture.

[1] The upgrade included the removal of a large amount of unexploded ordnance left behind by vacating Japanese and US forces.

Since 6 January 2024 there's once weekly direct international flight from Brisbane, Australia operated by Solomon Airlines Airbus A320.

A Japanese directive in late October 1942 called for an air base to be built at Munda Point, about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Guadalcanal and Henderson Field.

By wiring the tops of palm trees to keep them in place, allowing work to initially escape detection.

Looking eastward, over Munda Field, toward the scene of battle, this post-war picture shows how the jungle has already begun to encroach on what was the busiest Allied airstrip in the Solomons. Within a year dense vegetation had already obscured Bibilo Hill, while once bare Kokengolo (to the centre left of the photograph) sprouts a thick growth.
The first fighter plane to land on Munda was a VMF-215 Corsair flown by Maj Robert G. Owens, Jr., on August 14, 1943.