Iejima Airport
Iejima Airport is located on the island of Iejima in Ie, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The runways were part of the Ie Shima Airfield complex built during World War II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Okinawa, Japan
- Also known as: “IEJ”, “RORE”, and “伊江島”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Gusuku and Ie Shima Airfield.
Mount Gusuku
Peak
Photo: Kugel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Gusuku is a mountain on the island of Iejima, northwest of Okinawa Island. At 172.2 m tall, it is the highest point on Iejima. Mount Gusuku is considered a symbol of Iejima due to its distinctive conical shape.
Ie Shima Airfield
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ie Shima Auxiliary Airfield is a training facility, managed by the United States Marine Corps and a former World War II airfield complex on Ie Shima, an island located off the northwest coast of Okinawa Island in the East China Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ie.
Ie
Village
Photo: Qwrert2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ie is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village lies on the island of Iejima. As of 1 October 2020, the village has an estimated population of 4,118 and the density of 180 persons per km land of Ie, approximately a third, or 8.02 km2 is occupied by Ie Shima Airfield, a training facility, managed by the United States Marine Corps.
Iejima Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Ie Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.72262° or 26° 43′ 21″ northLongitude
127.78693° or 127° 47′ 13″ eastElevation
56 metres (184 feet)IATA airport code
IEJICAO airport code
ROREUnited Nations Location Code
JP IEJOpen location code
7QR9PQFP+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 57015689OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6300459Wikidata ID
Q1368593
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cajun French to Yue Chinese—“Iejima Airport” goes by many names.
- Cajun French: “aéroport de Iejima”
- Cebuano: “Iejima Airport”
- Central Okinawan: “伊江島空港”
- Chinese: “伊江島機場”
- French: “aéroport de Iejima”
- French: “伊江島”
- German: “Flughafen Iejima”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Iejima”
- Indonesian: “IEJ”
- Indonesian: “RORE”
- Japanese: “Iejima Kuko”
- Japanese: “伊江島空港”
- Korean: “이에지마 공항”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Iejima”
- Persian: “IEJ”
- Persian: “RORE”
- Persian: “فرودگاه یجیما”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Iejima”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи иҷимо”
- Uzbek: “Iejima aeroporti”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Iejima”
- Yue Chinese: “伊江島機場”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nishiemae and Kawahira.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ゴヘズ洞穴 and 旧米軍伊江島補助飛行場滑走路.
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