former RAAF/USAAF Pitu base (Daruba)
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airport, Second World War 1939-1945
Wartime airfield, built by the US Army. It was interconnected to Wama Airfield by taxiways. Aircraft could taxi from either strip for take offs. Fighters would use this runway when taking off with full fuel load. This strip served as a base for bombers.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 2°2'11"N 128°19'18"E
- Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB/RPVM) 1041 km
- Tawau Airport (TWU) 1165 km
- Iloilo International Airport Complex 1175 km
- Lu Law Panjang ( Lu Law airstrip) 1280 km
- Bugsuk Airstrip 1402 km
- Brunei International Airport 1525 km
- Ninoy Aquino International Aiport (RPLL/MNL) 1607 km
- Miri Airport 1615 km
- New Manila International Airport 1639 km
- Clark International Airport (CRK/RPLC) 1697 km
- abandoned taxiways 0.7 km
- Apron & Taxiway 0.9 km
- Runway 09/27 1.1 km
- abandoned WW2 taxiways 1.3 km
- former taxiways and aircraft dispersal areas 1.8 km
- Pitu Bay 2.1 km
- Epicenter of m4.3 quake 5.4 km
- TanjungTulang 21 km
- Tanjung Sangowo or Tanjung Pasi-pasi 30 km
- Morotai Island 34 km