Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gina filin jirgin sama a lokacin da Japan ta mamaye tsibirin Gilbert
a shekara ta 1943. Akwai juyawa a gabashin ƙarshen titin jirgin sama da kuma hanyar taksi tare da revetments a tsakiya tsakanin titin jirgin sama da titin taksi. Jafananci suna da Zeros, Vals, Nells da Bettys suna aiki daga wannan tushe. A lokacin yakin Tarawa (Nuwamba 20 <unk> 23, 1943), Marines na Amurka sun kwace filin jirgin sama a matsayin manufa ta aikin, don ba da damar ayyukan iska na kasa na USAAF a kan Jafananci a tsibirin Marshall.