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Tachikawa Airfield

Tachikawa, Japan

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RJTC

Elevation

312 ft

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Location

Tachikawa · 13 · Japan

Position

35.712°, 139.403° · 312 ft elev.

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Historic Japanese military airfield now serving defense and research.

Opened

1922

Location

Tachikawa, Japan

Tachikawa Airfield (ICAO: RJTC) is a military airfield located in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and serves primarily military and government aviation purposes, with no scheduled commercial passenger services. The site has a long history dating back to the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, making it one of Japan's oldest continuously used aviation facilities. The airfield today hosts JASDF units as well as aircraft operated by government agencies including the Japan Meteorological Agency. Tachikawa Airfield is not open to the general public for commercial travel and has no passenger terminal facilities. It remains an important installation for Japan's defense infrastructure in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area.

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›Operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).
›One of Japan's oldest military airfields, originally established by the Imperial Japanese Army in the early 1920s.
›Has no IATA code as it handles no scheduled commercial passenger flights.
›The Japan Meteorological Agency has historically used the airfield for weather observation flights.
›Located in the western Tokyo metropolitan area, in Tachikawa City.

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Tachikawa Airfield is an airfield in the city of Tachikawa, in the western part of Tokyo, Japan. Currently under the administration of the Ministry of Defense, it has also served as a civilian airport with Japan's first scheduled air service.

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