Iejima Airport | |
Nativename: | 伊江島空港 |
Iata: | IEJ |
Icao: | RORE |
Type: | Public |
Operator: | Government |
City-Served: | Ie, Iejima, Japan |
Elevation-F: | 238 |
Coordinates: | 26.7225°N 127.7869°W |
Pushpin Map: | Japan Okinawa Prefecture#Japan |
Pushpin Label: | RORE |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 04/22 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,500 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt concrete |
Stat-Year: | 2014 |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 8 |
Stat2-Header: | Cargo (metric tonnes) |
Stat2-Data: | 0 |
Footnotes: | Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau [2] |
is located on the island of Iejima in Ie, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The runways were part of the Ie Shima Airfield complex built during World War II. In 2015, the government was planning for Iejima Airport to have a new terminal and to expand the runway to 2,000 meters in length to enable the airport to accommodate jet service.