Wake Island Airfield — Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands

Wake Island Airfield sits on a remote coral atoll in the central Pacific, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands and far from any other inhabited land. The airfield's elevation is barely 14 feet, and a single long runway was built for military use during the Second World War, when a well-known battle unfolded between American and Japanese forces. Today, the airfield remains under U.S. military administration and has periodically supported missile defense testing activities alongside its historical role as an emergency diversion point for trans-Pacific flights. It is not open to ordinary commercial passengers, and there is no scheduled airline service to or from Wake Island. Access to the atoll remains tightly restricted to military personnel, contractors, and approved government-related travel rather than tourism or general aviation.