Yokota Air Base

Yokota Air Base
横田飛行場
Yokota Hikōjō
Fussa, Tokyo in Japan
US Air Force C-130 Hercules of the 36th Airlift Squadron parked on the Yokota flight-line during 2013.
US Air Force C-130 Hercules of the 36th Airlift Squadron parked on the Yokota flight-line during 2013. The aircraft feature the 'YJ' Yokota tail code.
Yokota AB is located in Tokyo
Yokota AB
Yokota AB
Yokota AB is located in Japan
Yokota AB
Yokota AB
Coordinates35°44′55″N 139°20′55″E / 35.74861°N 139.34861°E / 35.74861; 139.34861
TypeUS Air Force Base
Site information
OwnerVarious (leased by Government of Japan and made available to the US)
OperatorUnited States Air Force
Controlled byPacific Air Forces (PACAF)
ConditionOperational
Websitewww.yokota.af.mil Edit this at Wikidata
Site history
Built1940 (1940) (as Tama Airfield)
In use1940 – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Col. Andrew L. Roddan
Garrison374th Airlift Wing (Host)
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY, WMO: 476420
Elevation140.8 metres (462 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
18/36 3,353 metres (11,001 ft) Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Yokota Air Base (横田飛行場, Yokota Hikōjō), (IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.

It occupies portions of Akishima, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Musashimurayama, and Tachikawa.[2]

The base houses 14,000 personnel. It occupies a total area of 7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi) and has a 3,353 m × 61 m (11,001 ft × 200 ft) runway.

It features the JASDF Air Defense Command Headquarters (ADC headquarters) since 26 March 2012. The headquarters of United States Forces Japan is also located there. Other base facilities are the broadcast center for the American Forces Network Tokyo radio service and a detachment of Pacific Air Forces' Band of the Pacific.

  1. ^ AIS Japan
  2. ^ "Yokota AB Community". DoDEA. Retrieved 3 December 2022.