 Ford Island is located inside Pearl Harbor , South Oʻahu of the Hawaiian Islands . Pearl Harbor is divided into three large bodies of water called the West Loch , Middle Loch and East Loch with Ford Island in the center of the East Loch . It is 1 @.@ 5 miles ( 2 @.@ 4 km ) long and 0 @.@ 75 miles ( 1 @.@ 21 km ) wide , and was enlarged from 334 to 441 acres ( 135 to 178 ha ) between 1930 and 1940 with land fill dredged from the surrounding harbor . The land is a relatively flat plain rising from 5 to 15 feet ( 1 @.@ 5 to 4 @.@ 6 m ) above mean water level , and slopes toward Pearl Harbor . It connects to the larger island of Oʻahu , surrounding Pearl Harbor , via a 4 @,@ 672 @-@ foot ( 1 @,@ 424 m ) bridge at its northern tip which crosses east to Halawa Landing . 
