Gakona Landing Strip | |
Ensign: | Eleventh Air Force - Emblem (World War II).svg |
Ensign Size: | 60px |
Partof: | Eleventh Air Force |
Location: | Gakona, Alaska |
Pushpin Map: | Alaska |
Pushpin Label: | Gakona LS |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Type: | Military airfield |
Controlledby: | United States Army Air Forces |
Built: | 1942 |
Used: | 1943-1944 |
Battles: | Aleutian Islands Campaign |
Gakona Landing Strip is an abandoned airfield located near Gakona in the U.S. state of Alaska.
The strip was used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) as an emergency landing field for aircraft assigned to Alaska during World War II. It was closed after the war.