Aircraft Operations at Midway Atoll

[Palmpilot]

https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofMidwayNWR/posts/4112348502147632

Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is a FAA designated emergency landing site for commercial flights (as well as for a few million seabirds) but receives one regular scheduled charter flight, a small jet that visits every other Tuesday. The Falcon 50 aircraft brings all arriving passengers and a limited amount of cargo, including fresh fruits and veggies. It leaves an hour later with departing passengers, outgoing mail, and science samples being sent off-island.

During albatross season, the plane arrives at least an hour after sunset to avoid bird strikes. The runway is also checked on multiple occasions that evening and any potentially problematic albatross adults or chicks are moved off of the pavement. Lights after dark are minimized to limit the attraction of Bonin petrels around where the plane is parked near the former NAF hangar

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Pacific Islands: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service​

View photos here

 

[Oldmanb777]

It's a very interesting place to land when your running out of oil on an ETOPS flight.

 

[Palmpilot]

It's a very interesting place to land when your running out of oil on an ETOPS flight.

Have you done it? What was it like?

 

[Larry in TN]

The closest I've been Wake Island and Kwajalein. Never got close enough to see Midway.

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=mdy,+awk,+kwa

 

[Challenged]

I remember taking a look on Google maps street view a while back, as someone mapped it on there, pretty neat place.

 

[Palmpilot]

I remember taking a look on Google maps street view a while back, as someone mapped it on there, pretty neat place.

Yes, I've poked around on that too. Very interesting.