With the end of hostilities with Japan and the increase in international air travel driven in part by wartime advances in aeronautics, Wake Island became a critical mid-Pacific base for the servicing and refueling of military and commercial aircraft.
Med afslutningen af ​​fjendtligheder med Japan og stigningen i international luftfart drevet delvis af krigstidens fremskridt inden for luftfart, blev Wake Island en kritisk base midt i Stillehavet for servicering og tankning af militære og kommercielle fly.