CIA Factbook The World Factbook 1994: Wake IslandCommunications Ports: none; because of the reefs, there are only two offshore anchorages for large ships Airports: • total: 1 • usable: 1 • with permanent-surface runways: 1 • with runways over 3,659 m: 0 • with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 1 • with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 0 Telecommunications: satellite communications; 1 Autovon circuit off the Overseas Telephone System (OTS); Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio and television service provided by satellite; broadcast station—closed early 1992. Note: formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US military, some commercial cargo planes, as well as the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command for missile launches