See also locations and airstrips US airfields. 2 sites are useful to find distance between 2 airfields
2 chiten-kan no kyori (decimal)
Sokuryou keisan (sexagesimal & azimuth)
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Term | Capacity | Airstrip [m] | Status |
Deboyne Lagoon | -10.72 | 152.37 | -42.5 | - | - | Papua New Guinea 1975 |
Indispensable Reefs | -12.67 | 160.42 | 42.9-42.11 | - | - | Solomon Islands 1978 |
Attu | 52.8 52��51′ | 173.2 173��11′ | 42.6-43.5 | - | - | Alaska |
Kiska |
51.97 51��58′ | 177.48 177��30�� | 42.6-43.7 | 500 | 800x70 | Alaska |
Shumshu | 50°44′ | 156°19′ | 42.6-43.7 | Russia 1945 | ||
Wake | 19.3 | 166.7 | 43.10-45.8 | 3,700 | 1800x150 <1500x150>x2 | US unorganized, unincorporated territory |
Mile(Mili) | 6.13 | 171.92 | 42.8-44 | 1,000 | 1200x80 1200x40 | the Marshall Islands Independent 1990 |
Imiej(Jaluit) | 05-55N | 169-39E | - | - | - | |
Eniwetok Atoll | 11°30′ | 162°20′ | 43.4-44.1 | 300 | 1,200x80 800x90 | |
Wotje, Kwajalein | 9.44 | 170.02 | 41.5-44.1 | 1,500 | 1500x80 1050x80 | |
Ruote (Roi-Namur) | 9.40 | 167.48 | 41.10-44.1 | 5,200 | <1100x70>x2 1330x70 | |
Taroa, Maloelap Atoll | 8.72 8°42′ | 171.23 171°14′ | 41.6-44.1 | 2,300 | <1500x80>x2 | |
Palau HBR | 7.32 | 134.47 | 41.12-44.2 | - | - | Independent 1994 |
PaganI | 18°06′ | 145°46′ | 41.8-44.11 | 330 | 1000x100 | US Commonwealth 1986 |
1st, Saipan | 15.2 15°11′ | 145.7 145°45′ | 40.8-44.6 | 1,900 | 1200x100 | |
2nd, Saipan | 15.2 | 145.7 | 44.5-44.6 | building | 1200x55 | |
3rd, Saipan | 15.2 | 145.7 | 44.6- | building | 1200x50 | |
1st, Tinian | 15.0 | 145.6 | 42.4-44.6 | 900 | 1500x80 | |
2nd, Tinian | 15.0 | 145.6 | 40-44.6 | 2,000 | 1200 | |
1st, Guam | 13.5 | 144.8 | 44.4-44.6 | 1,500 | 1400x150 | US organized territory 1950 |
2nd, Guam | 13.5 | 144.8 | 44.4-44.6 | 2,800 | 1700x150 | |
Param, Truk | 7.3 7°25′ | 151.6 151°47′ | 43-45.5 | 1,000 | 1200x100 | Federated States of Micronesia |
Eten, Truk | 40-45.6 | 300 | 1200x100 | |||
Moen, Truk | 43-45.8 | 2,000 | <1200x100>x2 | |||
Peleliu I | 7.02 7°01′ | 134.25 134°15′ | 39-44.8 | 1,030 | <1200x80>x2 | Independent 1994 |
1st, Iwojima | 24.7 | 141.4 | 43.9-45.2 | 950 | 1500x80 1200x100 800x60 | Returned 1968 |
2nd, Iwojima | 24.7 | 141.4 | 43.9-45.2 | 1,200 | 1500x80 1200x80 (1100x100) | |
3rd, Iwojima | 24.7 | 141.4 | 43.9-45.2 | 950 | 1200x100 | |
Chichijima | 27.1 | 142.2 | 32-45.8 | Returned 1968 | ||
Hachijyojima | 33.1 | 139.8 | 27-45.8 | Civil use 1954 | ||
Miyakojima | 24.8 | 125.3 | 43-45.3 | Civil 1956 | ||
Naka(Kadena) | 26.4 | 127.8 | 44.9-45.3 | USAF | ||
Iejima | 26.7 | 127.2 | 44-45.3 | US Marine | ||
Kikai-jima | 28°29′ | 129° 55′ | 44-45.7 | <1000x20>x2 | Civil 1968 | |
Tanegashima | 30.6 | 131.0 | 44-45.7 | Abolished |
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Term | Airstrip [m] | Returned/Resumed date |
Kashiwa(Camp Tomlinson) | 35.9 | 139.9 | 38-45.8 | 1500 | 1979Aug14, abolished |
Narimasu (Grant Heights ) | 35.7 | 139.6 | 43.12-45.8 | 1200x60 | 1973Sep30, abolished |
Minami, Mito | 36.4 | 140.6 | 38-45.8 | 1600x1100 | Returned 1973, abolished |
Higashi, Mito | 36.4 | 140.6 | 41-45.8 | 1300x1400 | |
Kita, Mito | 36.4 | 140.6 | 45-45.8 | 2000x800 | |
Chofu | 35.7 | 139.5 | 41.4-45.8 | 1100x80 675x80 | Returned 1973, civil 2001 |
Name | Latitude | Longitude | Term | Airstrip [m] | Returned/Resumed date |
Misawa | 40°42′19″ | 141°22′19″ | 41-45.8 | - | USAF 1950 |
Kisarazu | 35.38 | 139.9 | -45.8 | - | US controls, JASDF 1956 |
Atsugi(USN Air Facility Atsugi) | 35.5 | 139.5 | 42-45.8 | - | USN 1950, JMSDF 1971 |
Omura | 32.92 | 129.92 | 23-45.8 | - | JMSDF 1955 |
Kanoya | 31.4 | 130.8 | 36-45.8 | - | JMSDF 1954 |
IJA&IJN Itatsuke(USAF) | 33.58 | 130.45 | 36-45.8 | - | Returned 1972 |
Airfields in Kyushu, Amami, and Okinawa
IJA and IJN built a lot of airfields in Kyushu to try intercept US aircraft. There were IJN Oroku, Kikaijima, Amami, Tanegashima, Kanoya, Kushiyoshi, Shibushi, Kasahara, Kagoshima, Iwakawa, Kokubu1, Kokubu2, Izumi, Miyazaki, Hitoyoshi, Tomioka, Isahaya, Tomie, Ohmura, Ohita, Usa, Tsuzuki. There were also IJA Kita (Yomitan), Naka (Kadena), Tokunoshima, Kamibeppu, Chiran, Mansei, Miyakonojyoh-higashi, Miyakonojyoh-nishi, Kiwaki, Nitttabara, Karasebara, Yatsushiro, Kumanosho, Takase, Kumamoto, Kikuchi, Kuroishibara, Chikugo, Medachibara, Tachiarai, Fukuoka, Karinosu, Ashiya and Sone.