Takanoo Naval Air Base

The air base was closed following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II. As with all Imperial Japanese military installations, it was disarmed and dismantled under the authority of the Allied occupation forces, leading to its permanent closure and the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The site of the former air base has been completely redeveloped and shows almost no visible traces of its past as an airfield. The land is now primarily used for agriculture, consisting of extensive farmland and rice paddies. Additionally, a significant portion of the former base is now occupied by a large-scale solar power plant, often referred to as a 'megasolar' facility.

Takanoo Naval Air Base was an auxiliary airfield for the larger and more prominent Suzuka Naval Air Group (Suzuka Kaigun Kōkūtai) of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during World War II. The Suzuka Air Group was a major training unit, specializing in educating pilots for carrier-based bombers and attack aircraft. Takanoo was likely constructed in the later stages of the war (c. 1943-1944) to serve as a dispersal field to protect aircraft from Allied bombing raids and to expand training capacity. Its primary operations would have involved training flights with various aircraft, potentially including trainers like the Yokosuka K5Y "Willow" and operational aircraft like the Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" for advanced training. In the final, desperate months of the war, it is possible the base was used in the preparation or staging of Kamikaze missions, a common fate for many training airfields.

None. The air base was dismantled over 75 years ago, and the land has been fully repurposed for agricultural and renewable energy production. There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for the site to be reopened as an airport.