# Iejima Auxiliary Air Base, Ie, Japan

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rode

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: United States Marine Corps
- Serves: Ie, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: Apr 1945
- Elevation: 56 m / 184 ft
- Coordinates: 26.7260, 127.7652
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,457 m / 4,780 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ie_Shima_Airfield (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4392259
- Weather station: RODE · WMO 47938
- Ident: RODE

## Timeline

- Apr 1945: Iejima Auxiliary Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 1,457 m / 4,780 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Gravel | 042° / 222° |  |
| 05/23 | 366 m / 1,200 ft | 55 m / 180 ft | Mats | 043° / 223° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,457 m / 4,780 ft | =7,506 of 29,858 | #1,413 in Asia | #98 in JP |
| Elevation | 56 m / 184 ft | =34,366 of 43,403 | =2,011 in Asia | =69 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =161 in Asia | =26 in JP |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =3 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 28.730 |
| OPS | BASE OPS | 44.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [JP-1931](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-1931.md) Ieshima West (LHA) Airfield · 1.0 km / 0.6 mi
- [IEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rore.md) Iejima Airport · 2.2 km / 1.4 mi
- [JP-0454](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-0454.md) Izena Auxiliary Airfield · 28 km / 17 mi
- [DNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rodn.md) Kadena Air Base · 42 km / 26 mi
- [ROTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rotm.md) Futenma Marine Corps Air Station · 50 km / 31 mi
- [AGJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rora.md) Aguni Airport · 54 km / 34 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/rode/data