Tour the Pacific Aviation Museum

The Pacific Aviation Museum 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 cafe. Tours are available.

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.

NOTES:  To get there - driving from Waikiki simply follow Ala Moana Blvd. which will turn into Nimitz Hwy.  With no traffic, it will take you about 30 mins.  By bus - from Waikiki take the 42 bus going West or the 20 bus (a little longer as it goes through the airport).  Both buses stop right at the Arizona Memorial and from there it's a one minute walk to the USS Bowfin Museum, there you can get information on the Pacific Aviation Museum.

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