Izumisano Airfield

Military Decommissioning. The airfield was an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force base that ceased all operations following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II.

The former airfield site has been entirely redeveloped and is now a dense urban area. There are no visible remnants of the runway or military structures. The land is occupied by residential housing, commercial buildings, public schools (such as Osaka Prefectural Sano High School and Izumisano Municipal Sano Junior High School), and a large public park (Suehiro Park / 末広公園). A stone monument or historical marker commemorating the airfield and praying for peace exists within the area, acknowledging its past.

Historically known as Sano Airfield (佐野飛行場), it was a military airbase constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1943 and 1944. Its primary strategic purpose was air defense for the critical Hanshin (Osaka-Kobe) industrial region during the late stages of World War II. The base housed fighter squadrons, including those equipped with the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien ("Tony") interceptor, which engaged Allied bombers. After Japan's surrender in August 1945, the airfield was disarmed and its facilities were dismantled. The non-official identifier 'JP-0972' is a modern catalog code used by some online aviation databases and was not its operational designator.

None. The site is completely urbanized and there is no physical possibility or plan to reopen an airfield. The aviation needs of the city and the wider region are comprehensively served by Kansai International Airport (ICAO: RJBB, IATA: KIX), a major international hub built on an artificial island just off the coast of Izumisano.