Michael Field's South Pacific Tides

Michael Field's South Pacific Tides

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Obscure and beautiful South Pacific airfields

Obscure and beautiful South Pacific airfields

Once strategic, mostly forgotten and still magic

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Michael J Field
Jan 20, 2023
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It was supposed to be a secret; the location of one of the world’s most beautiful airfields.

An Australian not-for-profit group, the Coral Sea Foundation, has gone and shared it with the world. They’ve rated Nusatupe ‘the best airstrip in the South Pacific.’

Gizo Airport, Photo Adam McArthur https://www.flickr.com/photos/125931896@N02/14847814675/

The social media award points to other airstrips in the region, and how striking they are, geographically and historically. 

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