| Minami Torishima Airbase | |
| Iata: | MUS |
| Icao: | RJAM |
| Type: | Military |
| City-Served: | Minami Torishima |
| Elevation-F: | 22 |
| Coordinates: | 24.2897°N 153.9792°W |
| Image Map Caption: | Location |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 05/23 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,371 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
| Footnotes: | Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] |
is a one runway airport serving the island of Minami Torishima, Japan. The aerodrome used to be a military airstrip and according to the Japanese Aeronautical Information Service, is still operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.[1]
The airstrip existence dates to 1935 when the Imperial Japanese Navy built one to serve a meteorological station. The original airfield consisted of two airstrips (cleared area of 4000' and 4500', but only shorter sections used as landing area) in a v-shaped formation.[2]
The airstrips facilities were damaged by US bombing of the island during World War II,[3] and was re-built with a single runway by the United States Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 9 in 1964.[4] Until 1993, the airstrip was used and controlled by the United States Coast Guard to service the nearby LORAN-C station. In 2009 the airstrip was transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force which currently retains control of the airstrip and is used by the Japan Meteorological Agency to service and staff their operations on the island.
