Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An gina filin jirgin sama a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu a matsayin Fort Randall Army Airfield a lokacin da aka fara aikin soja na ɓoye na yankin Alaska wanda ya fara a 1941. Asali, an yi tsammanin kayan aikin za su gina McGrath Army Airbase, amma ƙasa ta daskare a lokacin da kayan aikin suka isa. An ɓoye su a matsayin ma'aikatan farar hula na Blair Canning da Packing Company, an tura sojojin Amurka a cikin tufafin farar hula zuwa Cold Bay. Ginin ya fara a watan Disamba na 1941, kuma filin jirgin sama ya shirya don aiki a watan Maris na 1942. Saboda hangen nesa na kwamandojin sojin Alaska, sabon filin jirgin sama, tare da wani sabon filin jirgin sama na sirri, Cape Field a Umnak, a shirye suke don ba da gudummawa ga kare Alaska daga harin iska na Imperial Navy na Japan a lokacin yakin basasa na biyu.
Yaƙin Dutch Harbor a watan Yunin 1942. Filin jirgin sama a Cold Bay ya ci gaba da aiki a duk lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.