Kasuminome Air Field Explained

Kasuminome Air Field
Nativename-A:霞目飛行場
Nativename-R:Kasuminome Hikōjō
Icao:RJSU
Type:Military
Location:Sendai, Japan
Elevation-F:23
Coordinates:38.2356°N 140.9231°W
Pushpin Map:Japan
Pushpin Label:RJSU
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Japan
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-M:708
R1-Surface:Sod and roll
R2-Number:09/27
R2-Length-M:400
R2-Surface:Sod
Footnotes:Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

is a military aerodrome of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force . It is located 2.7NM southeast[1] of Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

The air field was opened in 1937 as the by the Imperial Japanese Army, and was the location of an air crew training facility. It was called "Lanier Airfield" by the Allied Powers during the Occupation of Japan.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ AIS Japan
  2. "NJ 54-6 verso Yamagata and Vicinity; Sendai and Vicinity; Sakata and Vicinity", Japan AMS Topographic Maps, University of Texas at Austin