RORE
Iejima Airport
VFR
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Name
Iejima Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
RORE / IEJ / RORE
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
4:48 pm (JST)
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Municipality
Ie
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Coordinates
26° 43′ 21″ N 127° 47′ 12″ E
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Elevation
238 ft (73 m MSL)
About Iejima Airport
Iejima Airport (伊江島空港, Iejima Kūkō) (IATA: IEJ, ICAO: RORE) 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. In 2015, the government was planning for Iejima Airport to have a new terminal and to expand the runway to 2,000 meters in length to enable the airport to accommodate jet service.