Chofu Airport

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Chōfu Airport 調布飛行場 Chōfu Hikōjō

IATA: none – ICAO: RJTF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Location		Chōfu, Tokyo
Elevation AMSL		139 ft / 42 m
Coordinates		35°40′18″N 139°31′41″E / 35.67167°N 139.52806°E / 35.67167; 139.52806Coordinates: 35°40′18″N 139°31′41″E / 35.67167°N 139.52806°E / 35.67167; 139.52806
Map
RJTF Location in Japan
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
17/35	800	2,625	Asphalt concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan^[1]

Chofu Airport (調布飛行場, Chōfu Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJTF) is an airport located 1.2 NM (2.2 km; 1.4 mi) northwest^[1] Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, west of central Tokyo. It is administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The airport's main commercial activity is New Central Airlines commuter flights to the islands south of Tokyo.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
New Central Airlines	Oshima, Niijima, Kōzushima

History

Chofu Airport was opened in 1941. Used as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force base during World War II, the airfield was equipped with Ki-61 fighters used for air defense against USAAF B-29 Superfortress attacks. Occupied after the war by American forces, the airport was briefly used as a photo-reconnaissance airfield by P-51D Mustang (F-6) aircraft of the 6th and 71st Reconnaissance Groups beginning in late September 1945, mapping the extent of wartime damage over Honshū. The mapping flights ended in January 1946, ending operational military use by the Americans.

The United States Air Force saw no need for the facility, especially given its proximity to the densely populated urban area. It was turned over to the occupation government in 1946, eventually being returned to Japanese control.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

↑ 1.0 1.1 AIS Japan

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chofu Airport.

Chofu (in Japanese) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan) Tokyo Civil Aviation Bureau
Chōfu Hikōjō Mondai (in Japanese)
Malibu.jp web site describes the fliers club and on airport "Propeller Cafe" (Japanese).

v t e Airports in Japan

First class airports	Chūbu Centrair International Kansai International Narita International Osaka International (Itami) Tokyo International (Haneda)

Second class airports	Akita Asahikawa Fukuoka Hakodate Hiroshima Kagoshima Kitakyushu Kōchi Ryōma Kumamoto Kushiro Matsuyama Miyazaki Nagasaki Naha New Chitose Niigata Oita Sendai Takamatsu Tokachi-Obihiro Wakkanai Yamagata Yamaguchi Ube Yao

Third class airports	Aguni Amami Aomori Fukue Fukui Fukushima Hachijojima Hanamaki Hateruma Ibaraki (Hyakuri) Iejima Iki Iwami Izumo Kamigoto Kerama Kikai Kitadaito Kobe Kōzushima Kumejima Matsumoto Memanbetsu Minami-Daito Miyakejima Miyako Monbetsu Nakashibetsu Nanki-Shirahama New Ishigaki (International) New Tanegashima Niijima Noto Odate-Noshiro Ojika Okayama Oki Okinoerabu Okushiri Oshima Rebun Rishiri Sado Saga Shimojishima Shizuoka Shonai Tarama Tokunoshima Tottori Toyama Tsushima Yakushima Yonaguni Yoron

Other airports	Amakusa Chofu Hiroshima-Nishi Honda Kasaoka Kōnan Komatsu¹ Makurazaki Miho-Yonago¹ Misawa Air Base/Misawa Airport¹ Nagoya Oitakenou Okadama¹ Tajima Teshikaga Tokushima¹

Military only airfields	Akeno Asahikawa Ashiya Atsugi Chitose Futenma Gifu Hachinohe Hamamatsu Hōfu Hyakuri Iruma Iwakuni Kanoya Matsushima Metabaru Iwo Jima Kadena Kasumigaura Kasuminome Kisarazu Minami Torishima Nyutabaru Ōminato Ozuki Shimofusa Shizuhama Tachikawa Tateyama Tokachi Tsuiki Utsunomiya Yokota

Heliports	Camp Zama Kastner Komatsushima Maizuru Tokyo

Defunct airports	Ishigaki Kokura Yokosuka naval airfield

¹ Dual military/civilian use

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