Editing Wake Island (section)

==Transportation==

===Aviation===
[[File:WakeIsland (2).jpg|thumb|Wake Island Airport Terminal is listed as a national historic landmark of the USA.]]
Air transportation facilities at Wake are operated by the [[United States Air Force]] at [[Wake Island Airfield]] in support of trans-Pacific military operations, western Pacific military contingency operations, and missile launch activities. The {{convert|9850|ft|m|adj=mid|abbr=off|-long|sp=us}} runway on Wake is also available to provide military and commercial in-flight emergency services. Although there is only one flight scheduled every other week to transport passengers and cargo to Wake, approximately 600 aircraft per year use Wake Island Airfield.<ref name="Lcweb2.loc.gov"/><ref name="static.e-publishing.af.mil"/>

In 2020, the runway and support facilities were modernized.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFCEC leads major airfield modernization at Wake Island Airfield |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/389954/afcec-leads-major-airfield-modernization-wake-island-airfield |access-date=March 9, 2024 |website=DVIDS |language=en |archive-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309165639/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/389954/afcec-leads-major-airfield-modernization-wake-island-airfield |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Ports===
Although Wake Island is supplied by seagoing barges and ships, the island's only harbor between Wilkes and Wake is too narrow and shallow for seagoing vessels to enter. The Base Operations Support (BOS) contractor maintains three small landing barges for transferring material from ships [[mooring (watercraft)|moored]] offshore to the dockyard in the harbor. Hydrants also pump gasoline and [[JP-5]] fuels to the storage tanks on Wilkes. The landing barges and recreational [[Big-game fishing|offshore sportfishing]] boats are docked in the [[marina]].<ref name="Integrated Flight Tests at Wake Atoll Proposed Environmental Assessment">''Integrated Flight Tests at Wake Atoll Proposed Environmental Assessment'', Missile Defense Agency, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command and Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., February 2015</ref> A submarine channel was planned for Wilkes Island but was just partially complete at the start of hostilities in World War II.<ref name="Lobel-2008" />

===Roads===
[[File:Wake Jun 15 028 (19067093716).jpg|thumb|right|Road on Wake Island]]
[[File:Wake Jun 15 065 (18906191108).jpg|thumb|Remnants of the old bridge to Peale Island]]

Transportation on Wake Island is provided by contractors or government-owned vehicles. The primary road is a two-lane paved road extending the length of Wake Island to the causeway between Wake Island and Wilkes Island. A bridge connecting Wake and Peale Islands burned down in December 2002. The causeway was rehabilitated in 2003 and is capable of supporting heavy equipment. A combination of paved and coral gravel roads serves the marina area. Paved access to Wilkes Island ends at the petroleum tank farm, where a road constructed of crushed coral provides access to the western point of Wilkes Island. Near the unfinished WWII submarine channel, a portion of the road is flooded nearly every year by high seas. The launch sites are accessed from the main paved road on Wake Island by paved and coral roads. Generally, the road network is suitable for low-speed, light-duty use only. Wake Island's paved roadway network has been adequately maintained to move materials, services, and personnel from the airfield on the southern end to the personnel support area on the northern end. Modes of transportation include walking, bicycles, light utility carts, automobiles, vans, and larger trucks and equipment.<ref name="Integrated Flight Tests at Wake Atoll Proposed Environmental Assessment"/>

The main road that connects Wilkes and most of Wake Island is a crushed coral road about {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} wide that runs the perimeter. There used to be since World War II a 450-foot-long timber bridge between Wake and Peale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battle of Wake Island {{!}} Operations & Codenames of WWII |url=https://codenames.info/operation/battle-of-wake-island/ |access-date=October 24, 2023 |website=codenames.info |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102172746/https://codenames.info/operation/battle-of-wake-island/ |url-status=live }}</ref> With the bridge gone, traversing between Wake and Peale is usually done by a kayak trip.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Life and Stabilization on Wake Atoll (Wake Island) – |url=https://mckaylodge.com/life-stabilization-wake-atoll/ |access-date=October 24, 2023 |website=McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory |language=en |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101135259/https://mckaylodge.com/life-stabilization-wake-atoll/ |url-status=live }}</ref>