| 词条 | Leo Wattimena Airport |
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| name = Leo Wattimena Airport | nativename = Bandar Udara Leo Wattimena | image = | image-width = | caption = | IATA = OTI | ICAO = WAMR | pushpin_map = Indonesia Maluku | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Maluku | pushpin_label = OTI | pushpin_label_position = bottom | type = Public, Military | owner = | operator = Government | owner-oper = | city-served = Morotai | location = Morotai Island, North Maluku, Indonesia | elevation-f = 49 | elevation-m = 15 | coordinates = {{Coord|02|02|45.76|N|128|19|29.28|E}} | website = | metric-elev = | metric-rwy = | r1-number = 09/27 | r1-length-f = 7874 | r1-length-m = 2400 | r1-surface = Asphalt | r2-number = | r2-length-f = | r2-length-m = | r2-surface = | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat2-header = | stat2-data = | footnotes = Source: World Aero Data[1] }} Leo Wattimena Airport, formerly known as Pitu Airport {{airport codes|OTI|WAMR (formerly WAEW)}} is a private airport located on the southern coast of Morotai Island, North Maluku, Indonesia. HistoryMoratai island was the final island invasion in Netherlands New Guinea before the liberation of the Philippines. The island was recaptured by the 31st Infantry Division on 15 September 1944, meeting only light opposition. General MacArthur and Rear Admiral Barbey landed on the day of the invasion to make an inspection. At the time, the island had only five hundred Japanese defenders. After the landings, the Allies constructed two airfields on the island, Wama and Pitu. Wama was constructed almost along the shoreline and was used as a fighter airfield. It was abandoned after the war. Pitu was built as a bomber airfield to the north inland, and is currently used as a commercial airport. After the war, the island was one of the largest Fifth Air Force aircraft reclamation center in the Pacific. A smelting operation was established, and USAAF planes from all over the region were flown there to be scrapped. Despite scrapping the island was crammed full of aircraft and vehicles until 1988 when it was cleared in a final scrap drive. The scrap was taken to Krakatau Steel Mill in Java. Allied units stationed on Moratai
Airlines and destinations{{airport-dest-list|Wings Air| Ternate[2] |Dimonim Air| Ternate }} See also{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Pitu|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=ID99873|website=World Aero data}} {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Wings Air Ekspansi Rute ke Sulawesi dan Maluku|url=http://www.tribunnews.com/bisnis/2016/04/21/wings-air-ekspansi-rute-ke-sulawesi-dan-maluku|work=Tribun Binis|publisher=Tribunnews.com|date=16 April 2016|language=Indonesian}}
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3 : Airports in Indonesia|Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II|Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in the South West Pacific Theater |
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