Nago, JP 🇯🇵 Closed Airport
JP-1994
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JP-47
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Local Code: Not available
Location: 26.59574° N, 127.96912° E
Continent: AS
Type: Closed Airport
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June 30, 1973
Military Decommissioning and Land Reversion. The airfield was deemed surplus to the requirements of the United States Armed Forces following the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan. The land was officially returned to the Japanese government for civilian redevelopment.
The former airfield site has been completely redeveloped into a large, multi-purpose public area known as the '21st Century Forest Park' (21世紀の森公園). The park is a major recreational and community hub for Nago City and includes numerous facilities built directly on the former airfield grounds:
- **TAPIC Stadium Nago:** A prominent baseball stadium famous for hosting the spring training camp of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters professional baseball team.
- **Nago City Mega Solar Power Plant:** A large-scale solar farm covering a significant portion of the old runway.
- **Nago City Athletic Park:** A track and field stadium.
- **Other Facilities:** The park also contains a public beach (21st Century Forest Beach), soccer fields, a gymnasium, and green spaces.
Miyazato Airfield, also known as Nago Auxiliary Airfield, was a military airstrip constructed by the U.S. Army's 807th Engineer Aviation Battalion in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa. Its primary purpose was to serve as a support and dispersal field for fighter and light observation aircraft, complementing the larger airbases on the island such as Kadena and Yontan. It was a relatively small, single-runway facility. After World War II, its strategic importance diminished, and it saw limited use before being scheduled for return to Japan. The ICAO code 'JP-1994' is a non-official identifier from a third-party database and not a recognized ICAO code.
None. The land has been fully and permanently repurposed for public, recreational, and energy-generation use. The existence of significant infrastructure, including a major sports stadium, public park facilities, and a large solar farm, makes any prospect of reopening it as an airfield completely infeasible.
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