Honiara International Airport VMSB-241 who was the first Marine aviator killed in action at the Battle of Midway while leading his squadron in an attack against Japanese carrier forces. The field was abandoned after the war, but reopened in 1969 as a modernized civilian airport. The airport is capable of accommodating Boeing 737s. Honiara International Airport Honiara International Airport , formerly known as Henderson Field, is an airport on Guadalcanal Island in the nation of Solomon Islands. It is the only international airport in the country and is located from the capital Honiara. In 1942 the airfield was under construction by the Imperial
Honiara Central Market fish in an Esky). , a parking fee costed . The Honiara City Council raised a total of and for the years 2006 and 2008 respectively, due to the collection of market fees. The Honiara City Council does not regulate prices of the products sold at Kukum Market and Honiara Central Market. In 2009, it was stated that the increased use of the site had surpassed its capacity. The Honiara City Council reportedly planned to solve this problem by creating extra markets across the city which were to ease the traffic jams on Mendana Avenue at the "Central Market". Honiara