Wake Island
is really Wake Island, USA
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Wake Island, the series' most famous map, returned in Season 4 in summer 2026 as Battlefield 6's 17th map. The remake of the horseshoe-shaped atoll adds naval warfare, a fuel depot and a shipwreck in the lagoon, with the airstrip running along the island.
The real place
Wake Island is a coral atoll in the North Pacific, made of three islets (Wake, Wilkes and Peale) around a shallow lagoon. It was the scene of a battle in December 1941 and was held by Japan until 1945. Today it is a US territory run by the US Air Force, with a long runway used for refuelling and emergency stops.
Visiting
There is no way to visit as a tourist: the island has no public flights and access is limited to military and contractor staff. The closest you can get is a window seat on a trans-Pacific flight, or the island in Battlefield V, which is also on this map.
Wake Island is also in Battlefield V. See all 2 games side by side
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