Kita-Ise Airfield

The airfield was closed as a direct result of the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II. As a military installation of the Imperial Japanese Army, it was decommissioned and dismantled during the subsequent Allied occupation and demilitarization of the country.

The site of the former airfield has been completely redeveloped and shows no visible traces of its past as an airport. The land was converted into the Kameyama Sunshine Park, a large industrial complex. The most prominent facility on the site is the massive Sharp Kameyama Plant, a flagship factory for producing LCD panels and other electronics. The original runways and military structures have been entirely removed to make way for modern industrial buildings and infrastructure.

Kita-Ise Airfield was a significant late-war Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAS) base. Constructed rapidly between 1943 and its completion in 1944, its primary purpose was the air defense of the critical Chūkyō Industrial Area, which included major industrial and port facilities in Nagoya and Yokkaichi. The airfield hosted fighter units, including elements of the renowned 5th and 244th Sentai (Air Groups), which operated aircraft such as the Kawasaki Ki-61 'Hien' and the Kawasaki Ki-100. Due to its strategic importance in defending Japan's industrial heartland, the airfield was a frequent target for American B-29 Superfortress bombing raids in 1945. After Japan's surrender, the facility was seized by Allied forces before being decommissioned.

There are zero plans or prospects for reopening Kita-Ise Airfield. The land has been irrevocably repurposed for high-value industrial use. The complete removal of all aviation infrastructure and the construction of a major manufacturing plant on the site make its conversion back to an airport physically and economically impossible.