KWA

Bucholz Army Air Field

ICAO PKWA8.7201°N 167.7320°E5 m / 16 ftMedium airport
On the map
30 Bombardment Group - B-24 Liberators
United States Army Air Forces · Public domain · Commons

Bucholz Army Air Field (IATA: KWA, ICAO: PKWA) is a medium airport in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 2,032 m (6,668 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Army.

Timeline

3 events · 1943–1944
1943
OpenedBucholz Army Air Field opens.
1943
MilestoneImperial Japanese Navy becomes the owner.
FEB 1944
MilestoneUnited States Army becomes the owner.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Air Marshall IslandsKWA Main TerminalInter-Island Terminal
06/24 · LIT
LENGTH2,032 m6,668 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

7 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KWA. From the Wikipedia article “Bucholz Army Airfield” (revision of 5 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,032 m6,668 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,755of 29,823 · #107 Oceania · #3 MHElevation5 m16 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,820of 43,341 · #2,060 Oceania · #8 MHAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =57 Oceania · #3 MHRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =1 MH
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
A/GSAN FRANCISCO ARINC299.800
APPKWAJALEIN APP126.200
TWRKWAJALEIN TWR126.200