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. The aircraft feature the 'YJ' Yokota tail code.
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Coordinates	35°44′55″N 139°20′55″E / 35.74861°N 139.34861°E / 35.74861; 139.34861
Type	US Air Force Base
Site information
Owner	Various (leased by Government of Japan and made available to the US)
Operator	United States Air Force
Controlled by	Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.yokota.af.mil
Site history
Built	1940 (1940) (as Tama Airfield)
In use	1940 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Col. Andrew L. Roddan
Garrison	374th Airlift Wing (Host)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY, WMO: 476420
Elevation	140.8 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.