MCAS Ewa

  1925 to 18 June 1952

  United States of America

CITY: Pearl Harbor, HI

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

OTHER NAMES: MCAS Ewa

MCAS Ewa was founded as an airship base for the US Navy in 1925, but no airships ever landed there. The base's upgrade to an air station began in September 1940, and it was commissioned as a Marine base on 3 February 1941.

By the onset of World War II, the air station had four runways and numerous hangars. On 7 December 1941, MCAS Ewa was the first installation hit during the attack on Pearl Harbor. All aircraft based there were destroyed, although the runway was not bombed and remained serviceable.

In April 1944, the Marine Aircraft Wing 3 was relocated to MCAS Ewa where they stayed for the remainder of the war.

The start of the Korean War saw another surge in activity at MCAS Ewa, but because the runways were becoming more and more unsuitable for jet aircraft, the Marine Corps shifted its aviation assets to MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI. Ewa was officially closed on 18 June 1952.

VMR-952 (February 1944 to August 1944)

Marine Aircraft Group 15 (April 1945 to March 1949)