“Lae Airfield is a former World War II airfield and later, civilian airport located at Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The airport was closed in the 1980s, in favour of Lae Nadzab Airport, which was able to accommodate larger jet aircraft. The airport was also known as Lae Drome or Lae Aerodrome .”
“The Lae airport is probably best remembered for being the point of departure in July 1937 for Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan on their flight to Howland Island. Earhart’s plane disappeared near Howland Island some 19 hours after departing Lae airport.” -Wikipedia
Coordinates 06°43′59″S 146°59′45″E
Today, this airport no longer exists, and it would be a nice tribute to see it as it was in 1937. Honestly, just re-adding the tarmac would be quite helpful for those recreating Amelia Earhart’s last flight.
There used to be a slightly-bugged version on FS.to but it is now missing.
