Yatomi Auxiliary Airfield

Economic non-viability and severe underutilization. The airfield was built as a 'Farm Road Airstrip' (農道離着陸場 - Nōdō richakuriku-jō), a national project to support agriculture. However, the anticipated demand for air transport of produce and for crop-dusting services never materialized. The high operational costs for aircraft, competition from efficient ground transportation, and a general lack of use made the facility economically unsustainable, leading to its closure along with several other similar projects across Japan.

The site has been completely repurposed. The former 800-meter runway and surrounding airfield area are now occupied by a large-scale solar power plant named 'Mega Solar Nabeta' (メガソーラー鍋田). Construction of the solar farm began around 2012, and it became operational in March 2014. The long, flat, and unobstructed layout of the former airfield made it an ideal location for this renewable energy project.

The airfield, officially named Nabeta Farm Road Airstrip (鍋田農道離着陸場), was not a military base or a conventional passenger airport. Its historical importance comes from being one of only eight such specialized agricultural airfields built in Japan by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Completed around 1994, its intended purpose was to revolutionize agricultural logistics by allowing small aircraft to transport high-value, perishable goods quickly to markets and to conduct large-scale aerial spraying. The operation was limited to light general aviation aircraft. Its failure and subsequent closure are historically significant as an example of a large-scale public works project that did not meet its intended goals. The identifier JP-0882 is not an official ICAO code but an unofficial designation used in some databases and flight simulators.

Zero. There are no plans or prospects for reopening the airfield. The land is now occupied by a major, long-term infrastructure project (the Mega Solar Nabeta power plant). Reverting the site to an airfield would require the removal of the solar farm and would be financially and logistically prohibitive, especially given that the original economic model for the airfield was a proven failure.