Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield

Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield
Part of Thirteenth Air Force
Coordinates21°15′4.97″S 164°55′19.61″E / 21.2513806°S 164.9221139°E / -21.2513806; 164.9221139
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1930s
In use1942-1944

Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield is a former World War II airfield on New Caledonia in the South Pacific. It is located at Plaine Des Gaiacs near the village of Pouembout. The airfield was also known as De Gaiacs and was named for the Gaiac tree that grow in the area.

After being used as a wartime airfield, it was abandoned and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.