Zukeran Airfield serves Chatan, JP.
Zukeran Airfield (JP-1988) in Chatan, Japan, is a defunct airport. An airfield was constructed on part of the base just after the US occupation began and was used as a forward operation in the planned attack against mainland Japan until the end of World War II. After the war, it continued to be used for the accumulation and storage of US Army goods and as a motor pool.
The airfield is now part of Camp Foster, formerly known as Camp Zukeran, a United States Marine Corps camp. While the exact closure date of the airfield itself isn't specified, the area has undergone significant changes and land returns to Japan,. The site currently has no ICAO or IATA code and no METAR or TAF weather information is available for it.
*Sources researched: bigorre.org, ourairports.com, en.wikipedia.org, city.okinawa.okinawa.jp, globalsecurity.org*
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Zukeran Airfield is located in Chatan, JP. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is JP-1988.