Sanyoonoda, JP 🇯🇵 Closed Airport
ICAO
JP-1810
IATA
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Elevation
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Region
JP-35
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Location: 34.05551° N, 131.17707° E
Continent: Asia
Type: Closed Airport
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Circa 2014-2015. The airfield was closed to allow for the construction of the Sanyo Onoda Solar Power Plant. Official construction on the power plant began in March 2015, indicating the gliderfield ceased operations on or before that date.
Economic repurposing. The land occupied by the private gliderfield was sold or leased for redevelopment into a large-scale commercial solar power plant. This represented a more economically viable use of the land compared to maintaining a small, private recreational airfield.
The site has been completely transformed and is now the Sanyo Onoda Solar Power Plant (山陽小野田太陽光発電所). The long, rectangular piece of land that once served as the runway is now covered with thousands of photovoltaic solar panels, generating electricity for the grid. All aviation-related infrastructure has been removed.
Yamaguchi Gliderfield was a private airfield dedicated to recreational aviation, specifically gliding. It was operated by the Yamaguchi Gliding Club (山口グライダークラブ) and served as a local hub for gliding enthusiasts for training and leisure flights. It did not handle any commercial, cargo, or military operations. Its significance was rooted in the local general aviation community rather than any major historical events.
Zero. There are no plans or prospects for reopening the site as an airport. The complete and permanent redevelopment of the land into a major energy infrastructure project (the solar power plant) makes its reversion to an airfield economically and logistically infeasible.