Kokawa Airfield

The closure was a result of the cessation of activities by the local recreational flying club that used the site. This was not an official airport, so its 'closure' was a gradual process of disuse rather than a formal decision driven by economic failure, military conversion, or a specific accident. The strip likely became unusable due to a lack of maintenance.

The site of the former airfield is now an unmaintained, natural part of the Kinokawa River riverbed (known as 'kasenshiki' - 河川敷). Recent satellite imagery shows the area is completely overgrown with grass, shrubs, and other vegetation. There are no longer any visible traces of a cleared runway, windsock, or any aviation-related structures. The land is public space, part of the river's floodplain.

Kokawa Airfield was never a formal, government-sanctioned airport. The identifier 'JP-1005' is a non-official code used by third-party aviation databases and is not a recognized ICAO code (which start with 'RJ' for Japan). The site was an informal riverbed landing strip, known in Japan as a 'Jōgai Rikuchakurijō' (場外離着陸場), located on the wide, gravelly floodplain of the Kinokawa River. Its operations were limited to recreational aviation, primarily serving the local 'Kinokawa Flying Club' (紀の川フライングクラブ) for ultralight aircraft and powered paragliders. Its historical significance is therefore confined to the local private aviation community in Wakayama Prefecture.

There are no known official plans or prospects for reopening the site as an airfield. Re-establishing even an informal landing strip would require a new initiative from a local aviation group, significant clearing of vegetation, and obtaining new permits from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (which manages major rivers) and local authorities. Given the lack of recent activity and the natural reclamation of the land, a reopening is considered highly improbable.