Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one boat landing area along the middle of the west coast Airports: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan - they left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island, but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable Transportation - note: Earhart Light is a day beacon near the middle of the west coast that was partially destroyed during World War II, but has since been rebuilt; named in memory of famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart See also : Howland Island This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.