Place

Lae airfield, New Guinea

airfield

Airfield0

Note

Wikidata's point for the old Lae airfield (closed), from which the Electra took off. The earlier point was the town (147.0 E, 6.73 S), 500 m away, and the record linked the wrong Wikidata item (Q214426, the Mexican Revolution).

Happened here 1

Earhart and Noonan take off from Lae for Howland Island

Event

EVT

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Lae airfield, New Guinea [Place PLC0CYPMGF65HYE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0CYPMGF65HYE

@misc{mysteriesdept_plc0cypmgf65hye,
  title     = {Lae airfield, New Guinea},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0CYPMGF65HYE},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0CYPMGF65HYE}
}