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Iejima Auxiliary Air Base

26.7260°N 127.7652°E56 m / 184 ftSmall airport
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Iejima Auxiliary Air Base is a small airport in Ie, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in Apr 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,457 m (4,780 ft). It is operated by United States Marine Corps.

Timeline

1 event · 1945–1945
APR 1945
OpenedIejima Auxiliary Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
04/22042° / 222°
LENGTH1,457 m4,780 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEGravel
05/23043° / 223°
LENGTH366 m1,200 ftWIDTH55 m180 ftSURFACEMats

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,457 m4,780 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=7,502of 29,823 · #1,418 Asia · #98 JPElevation56 m184 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,311of 43,341 · =2,013 Asia · =69 JPAgeOpened 19452026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,524of 15,079 · =161 Asia · =26 JPRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =3 JP
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
CTAFCTAF28.730
OPSBASE OPS44.800