Tokachi Airfield

{{Infobox airport

| name = Tokachi Airfield

| nativename-a = 十勝飛行場

| image = JGSDF Camp Obihiro.jpg

| caption = JGSDF Camp Obihiro, taken from ISS in 2009

| IATA =

| ICAO = RJCT

| type = Military

| operator = {{Army|Japan}}

| city-served =

| location = Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan

| built = 1937

| elevation-f = 281

| coordinates = {{coord|42|53|25|N|143|09|30|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Japan Hokkaido#Japan

| pushpin_label = RJCT

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan

| website =

| metric-rwy = yes

| r1-number = 13/31

| r1-length-m = 1,500

| r1-surface = Asphalt concrete

| footnotes = Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ AIS Japan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722105350/https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ |date=2011-07-22 }}

}}

{{Nihongo|Tokachi Airfield|十勝飛行場|Tokachi Hikōjō|formerly Obihiro Airport}} {{airport codes||RJCT}} is an airfield located in Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan, operated by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). The airfield is situated close to JGSDF Camp Obihiro.

History

The airfield first opened in 1937 as an airfield for the Imperial Japanese Navy. In 1956, operation was taken over by the JGSDF. In December 1964, the airfield became Obihiro Airport with a 1,000 m runway. In December 1972, the runway was extended to a length of 1,500 m. In February 1981, civil use of the airport ceased ahead of the opening of Tokachi-Obihiro Airport in March 1981.Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau: [http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kowan/airport/profile2008/jp/obihiro.html Obihiro Airport history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723082742/http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kowan/airport/profile2008/jp/obihiro.html |date=2011-07-23 }} Retrieved on 7 August 2009 {{in lang|ja}} It is still operational as a general aviation airfield ever since the opening of the new airport.

References

Category:Airports in Hokkaido

Category:Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bases

Category:Buildings and structures in Obihiro