Tatenogahara Airfield

The airfield was abandoned following Japan's surrender at the end of World War II and the subsequent dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Army. It was a military facility that was never converted for civilian use.

The site has been completely redeveloped and is no longer an airfield. The former grounds have been repurposed and now contain the Fukumitsu Industrial Park (福光工業団地), the Nanto City Fukumitsu Sports Park (南砺市福光スポーツ公園), the Fukumitsu Driving School (福光自動車学校), and a large-scale solar power facility known as the Nanto Tatenogahara Megasolar Power Plant. A long, straight public road that was once part of the runway is one of the few remaining hints of its original layout.

Tatenogahara Airfield (known in Japanese as 立野ヶ原陸軍飛行場, Tatenogahara Rikugun Hikōjō) was an airfield constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Construction began around 1943. Its primary role was as a training base for army pilots, including those assigned to special attack (Kamikaze) units. The 113th Educational Flight Regiment (第113教育飛行連隊) was stationed at the airfield. Due to its late construction in the war, it was never fully completed and saw limited operational use before the war concluded.

None. There are no plans, prospects, or discussions to reopen the site as an airport. The land has been fully and permanently repurposed for industrial, recreational, and energy generation uses for many decades.