The Pacific Aviation Museum, which opened late last year, is a significant addition to the enormously popular complex of historic military attractions at Pearl Harbor. Here visitors can see vintage warplanes and displays in a museum dedicated to air combat and its vital role in the Pacific during WW II.
Located several hundred yards from the USS Arizona Memorial and the USS Missouri Memorial on Ford Island, the 42,000-square-foot museum contains a collection of fighter planes that saw combat in the war, including a Navy Stearman biplane soloed by George H.W. Bush, a Japanese Zero, a Navy Wildcat fighter and a P-40 Warhawk fighter. In the museum, visitors can operate simulated American or Japanese fighters and eat lunch at a period-decorated caf?©. Specially narrated "Aviators Tours" for groups of up to 16 are available three times a day.
When it is completed, the facility will encompass 16 acres, including three renovated hangers, a landmark control tower, and aircraft from World War II, the Vietnam War and the Korean War. Open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., there is an admission fee. For tickets, check in at the ticket office located at the nearby USS Bowfin Submarine Museum.
