DNA

Kadena Air Base

ICAO RODN26.3517°N 127.7694°E44 m / 143 ftLarge airport
On the map

Kadena Air Base (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a large airport in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in Apr 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,688 m (12,100 ft). It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

3 events · 1945–1968
APR 1945
OpenedKadena Air Base opens.
30 JUN 1959
Disaster1959 Okinawa F-100 crash.18 killed
19 NOV 1968
Disaster1968 Kadena Air Base B-52 crash.2 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
AMC Terminal
05R/23L051° / 231° · LIT
LENGTH3,688 m12,100 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEConcrete
05L/23R051° / 231° · LIT
LENGTH3,688 m12,100 ftWIDTH91 m300 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,688 m12,100 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#293of 29,823 · #85 Asia · #4 JPElevation44 m143 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,473of 43,341 · =2,137 Asia · #80 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

10 channels
A/DOKINAWA APP/DEP33.580
ATISATIS124.200
CLDCLNC DEL123.300
GNDGND CTL118.500
MISCAIR MOBILIY CTRL CTR128.000
OPSBASE OPS26.600
PMSVMETRO34.460
POST18 WG COMD POST31.100
PTDPTD131.400
TWRTWR126.200