ACFT DISPATCHED TO A CLOSED AIRFIELD.

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I WAS THE CAPT OF RECORD SCHEDULED FOR A FAR PART 91 'FERRY FLT' ON AN MD-11 FROM HNL; HI; TO KUALA LUMPUR; MALAYSIA ON JAN/AA/95. SCHEDULED FLYING TIME WAS APPROX 13 PLUS 38. TOTAL BLOCK TIME ON THIS LEG SEGMENT WAS 14 PLUS 11. THE CREW CONSISTED OF MYSELF; 1 OTHER CAPT AND 2 TYPE RATED FO'S. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE HOTEL I MENTIONED TO THE FO THAT WE MUST INSURE THE DEST AIRFIELD IS OPEN FOR OUR AA30Z ARR (BB30L). THE ADDITIONAL CAPT SHOWED EARLY AT THE ACFT. HE COMPLETED THE PREFLT; DETERMINED THE FUEL LOAD WHICH WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND COMPLETED ALL REQUIRED PAPER WORK. UPON ARR AT THE ARPT I WAS BRIEFED BY THE ADDITIONAL CAPT; COMPLETED MY PERSONAL PREFLT DUTIES; REVIEWED THE WX AND NOTAMS; AND XCHKED THE INERTIAL REF UNITS (IRU'S) AND FMS PRESENT POS. I THEN CHKED THE LOADED COMPUTER FLT PLAN WAYPOINTS DISPLAYED IN THE FMS AND CHKED THE DISTANCES. DURING MY REVIEW OF THE WX AND NOTAMS; I READ A NOTAM REGARDING THE FIELD CLOSURE TIMES IN KUALA LUMPUR'S SUBANG ARPT (WMKK). THE NOTAM IN QUESTION STATED THAT THE RWY WAS CLOSED FROM 1700-2130 HRS ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. AS I READ THE NOTAM I DID A QUICK CALCULATION AND STATED TO MY CREW THAT OUR ARR DAY WAS THURSDAY AND THEREFORE THE CLOSURE NOTAM DID NOT APPLY TO TOUR FLT. APPROX 9 OR 10 HRS INTO THE FLT AND NEARLY 30 MINS SINCE OUR FINAL RPT TO HNL ARINC; JAKARTA RADIO INFORMED US THAT WE WOULD BE PROCEEDING TO PENANG; MALAYSIA (WMKP) WHICH WAS OUR ALTERNATE SINCE THE DEST AIRFIELD WAS CLOSED DURING OUR ARR TIME. I REVIEWED THE NOTAMS AND THEN REALIZED THAT THE ARR DAY WAS; IN FACT; WEDNESDAY (UTC) AND NOT THURSDAY (LCL) AS I HAD MISCALCULATED THE ACTUAL ARR DAY. I CALLED HNL ARINC AND REQUESTED A PHONE PATCH TO COMPANY DISPATCH. I WAS THEN REDISPATCHED TO OUR ALTERNATE. THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL. DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT I STUDIED THE MAPS; J-AID; NOTAM INFO SECTION TO REVIEW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTAM SYS. I COULD NOT FIND ANY EXPLANATION OF HOW DAYS OF THE WK WERE CALCULATED FOR NOTAM INFO. I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT THE NOTAM DATA WAS BASED ON UTC DAY AND NOT LCL DAY; HOWEVER; I MADE A MISTAKE AND THEREFORE; DEPARTED HNL BELIEVING THE FIELD WAS SCHEDULED TO BE OPEN FOR OUR ARR.