Ondonga Airfield

The Munda Point area was secured on 5 August 1943.

While the rehabilitation and expansion of Munda Point Airfield was the first priority for the Seebees, the 37th and 82nd Naval Construction Battalions soon began building another fighter airfield on Ondonga Island across from Munda Point.

Construction proceeded with difficulty as the island was covered with dense jungle over bog and the site was periodically shelled by Japanese artillery on Kolombangara Island and bombed by Japanese aircraft flying from Bougainville.

[1] By February 1944 the Seebees had completed a second parallel runway, roads, taxiways, hardstands, a control tower and a 12,000 barrel tank farm.

[1]: 266 Royal New Zealand Air Force units based at Ondonga included: US Navy units based at Ondonga included: USMC units based at Ondonga included: The airfield is abandoned and overgrown with vegetation.