Kukum Field

Kukum Field also known as Fighter 2 Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

World War II
From the beginning of the Guadalcanal Campaign it was planned that the area would be developed into a major air base. In November 1942 the 6th Naval Construction Battalion began work on a fighter strip at Lunga Point. The 6th Battalion was later replaced by the First Marine Aviation Engineers who completed the coral-surfaced runway by 1 January 1943. In June–July 1943 the 46th and 61st Battalions built a second coral-surfaced 4000 ft by 150 ft runway with 75 ft shoulders, coral taxiways 80 ft wide, and 121 hardstands. The 26th Battalion built a tank farm providing storage for 2,000,000 USgal of aviation gasoline, 1,000,000 USgal of motor gasoline, and 42,000 USgal of diesel oil.

USAAF units based at Kukum included:
 * 12th Fighter Squadron operating P-39s from 7 February 1943 – 19 February 1944
 * 68th Fighter Squadron operating P-38s and P-39s from January–December 1943
 * 339th Fighter Squadron operating P-38s from 2 October 1942 (det) - 1 December 1943 and 29 December 1943 – 15 January 1944

USMC units based at Kukum included: Royal New Zealand Air Force units based at Kukum included:
 * VMF-124 operating F4Us from 12 February–September 1943
 * 1 Squadron operating Lockheed Venturas from October 1944
 * 2 Squadron operating Venturas from August–October 1944
 * 3 Squadron operating Venturas from July–August 1944
 * 14 Squadron operating P-40s from 11 June-25 July 1943
 * 15 Squadron operating P-40s 26 April–June 1943 and from mid-September-mid-November 1943
 * 16 Squadron operating P-40s from 25 July - September 1943
 * 17 Squadron operating P-40s from mid-September-20 October 1943

Postwar
Kukum Field remained operational after the war as a civilian airfield until 1969 when Henderson Field was modernized and reopened as Honiara International Airport. The airfield is now part of the Honiara Golf Course.