Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An gina filin jirgin sama a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II a matsayin Fort Randall Army Airfield a lokacin ɓoyayyen ƙarfin soja na Yankin Alaska wanda ya fara a 1941. Da farko, an yi tsammanin kayan aikin 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 soja na 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 Navy na Japan a lokacin yakin Dutch Harbor
a watan Yunin 1942. Filin jirgin sama a Cold Bay ya ci gaba da aiki a duk lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.