# Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, Japan

**Futenma Marine Corps Air Station** is a medium airport in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1945. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Marine Corps.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Marine Corps
- Serves: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1945
- Elevation: 75 m / 247 ft
- Coordinates: 26.2743, 127.7560
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Website: https://www.mcasfutenma.marines.mil/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1031547
- Weather station: ROTM · WMO 47933
- Ident: ROTM

## Timeline

- 1945: Futenma Marine Corps Air Station opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 055° / 235° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | =1,801 of 29,858 | =539 in Asia | #23 in JP |
| Elevation | 75 m / 247 ft | =32,734 of 43,403 | =1,868 in Asia | #62 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =161 in Asia | =26 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 23.030 |
| GND | GND | 122.800 |
| PMSV | METRO | 29.060 |
| PTD | PTD | 30.740 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [DNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rodn.md) Kadena Air Base · 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
- [OKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roah.md) Naha International Airport · 15 km / 9.2 mi
- [IEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rore.md) Iejima Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [UEO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rokj.md) Kumejima Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [RNJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rory.md) Yoron Airport · 107 km / 66 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/rotm/data
