Henderson Field

Henderson Field (PMDY) is a medium airport in Sand Island, 71, U.S. Outlying Islands. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code PMDY or IATA code MDY. It sits in Oceania.

Henderson Field is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 7,800-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 7,800 ft (2,377 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.

Henderson Field sits near sea level at 13 ft.

Local operations run on Pacific/Midway. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess inventory for PMDY updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

Use this page to compare PMDY against nearby alternatives, browse live empty-leg pricing in both directions, and brief yourself on the runway and elevation profile before you book.

Henderson Field is a public airport located on Sand Island in Midway Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States. The airport is used as an emergency diversion point for ETOPS operations. It is one of three airfields named after Major Lofton R. Henderson, together with Henderson Field on Midway's Eastern Island, and Henderson Field in the Solomon Islands. The airfield provides access to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.