Iejima Airport Explained

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.

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  1. https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ AIS Japan
  2. Iejima Airport Statistics. Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau. 8 July 2016. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305144744/http://www.ocab.mlit.go.jp/about/total/report/pdf/h26syuukei.pdf. dead.