Zanpa / Bolo Airfield

Military land reversion to Japanese control. The airfield was returned to the Japanese government and local landowners as part of the SACO (Special Action Committee on Okinawa) agreement, a bilateral plan between the U.S. and Japan to consolidate and reduce the footprint of U.S. military bases on Okinawa. The closure was a planned political and administrative action, not the result of an accident, economic failure, or operational obsolescence.

The former airfield site has been completely redeveloped and is now the new town center for Yomitan Village. The land returned to civilian control has been transformed into a mix of public, commercial, and residential areas. Key developments include:
- The new Yomitan Village Office.
- Supermarkets, restaurants, and various retail stores.
- Residential housing complexes and single-family homes.
- Public parks and agricultural plots.
- The layout of the new road network clearly follows the path of the old main runway and taxiways, preserving a faint outline of the former airfield that is visible from satellite imagery.

Bolo Airfield, later known as Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield, holds significant military history.

WWII Operations (as Bolo Airfield):
- Constructed in April 1945 by the US Army's 807th Engineer Aviation Battalion immediately following the American invasion of Okinawa.
- It was one of the first and largest airfields secured by the U.S. on the island and became a critical base for the final air campaigns against mainland Japan.
- It hosted numerous USAAF units, including:
- 38th Bombardment Group (B-25 Mitchell bombers)
- 41st Bombardment Group (B-25 Mitchell bombers)
- 312th Bombardment Group (A-20 Havoc attack bombers)
- 413th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt fighters)
- 507th Fighter Group (P-47 Thunderbolt & P-51 Mustang fighters)
- The airfield was instrumental in launching bombing, ground-attack, and fighter escort missions that contributed to the end of the war.

Post-War Operations (as Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield):
- After WWII, the airfield was retained by the U.S. military and renamed Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield.
- Its primary function shifted from a combat airbase to a training facility. It was most famously used by the U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) for parachute drop training exercises.
- These parachute drills were a frequent source of tension with the local community due to safety concerns, noise, and incidents of personnel or equipment landing off-target in private fields and residential areas.
- The ICAO code 'JP-1993' is a non-standard identifier, likely from a specific aviation database; the airfield did not have a standard ICAO code in its later years as it was a military auxiliary field.

None. There are no plans or prospects for reopening the site as an airport. The land has been permanently and extensively redeveloped for civilian use, integrating it fully into the local community as a town center. Re-establishing an airfield would be physically impossible without demolishing the entire new development and would contradict the very purpose of the land's reversion to Japan.