# Chiran Airfield, Minamikyushu, Japan

**Chiran Airfield** was an airport in Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It opened in Dec 1941.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-1336

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: Dec 1941
- Coordinates: 31.3623, 130.4332
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiran_Airfield (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104687945
- Weather station: RJFY · WMO 47850
- Ident: JP-1336

## Timeline

- Dec 1941: Chiran Airfield opens.

## Nearby airports

- [RJFY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfy.md) JMSDF Kanoya Air Base · 39 km / 24 mi
- [KOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfk.md) Kagoshima Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [TNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfg.md) New Tanegashima Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [KUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfc.md) Yakushima Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [KMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfm.md) Miyazaki Airport · 112 km / 70 mi
- [AXJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjda.md) Amakusa Airport · 127 km / 79 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-1336/data