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Misawa Air Base | |||||||
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三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō | |||||||
Misawa, Aomori Prefecture in Japan | |||||||
Coordinates | 40°42′19″N 141°22′19″E / 40.70528°N 141.37194°E | ||||||
Type | Joint Japanese and United States air base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Various (leased by Government of Japan and made available to the US) | ||||||
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Condition | Operational | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1938 | ||||||
In use | 1938 – present | ||||||
Events | Misawa Air Festival (三沢航空祭) | ||||||
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Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM, WMO: 475800 | ||||||
Elevation | 390.4 metres (1,281 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] :A.^ The text version gives a runway length of 3,050 by 45 m (10,007 by 148 ft) and the aerodrome chart a length of 10,000 by 150 ft (3,048 by 46 m) |
Misawa Air Base (三沢飛行場, Misawa Hikōjō) (IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM) is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the United States Air Force, and the United States Navy located in Misawa, Aomori, in the northern part of the island of Honshū of Japan. It is located 3 NM (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Misawa railway station,[1] 4.8 km (3.0 mi) west of the Pacific Ocean, 16 km (9.9 mi) northeast of Towada, 29 km (18 mi) northwest of Hachinohe, and 684 km (425 mi) north of Tokyo at the "Tip of the Spear". It is a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) facility with the 35th Fighter Wing (35 FW, about 48 F-16 aircraft split among the 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons)[2] as its host wing. It hosts both Japanese and American troops.[3]