Ashiya Air Field

Ashiya Air Field 芦屋飛行場 Ashiya Hikōjō
Aerial Photograph of Ashiya Air Field
IATA: none ICAO: RJFA
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Location	Ashiya, Japan
Elevation AMSL	98 ft / 30 m
Coordinates	33°52′53″N 130°39′06″E / 33.88139°N 130.65167°E / 33.88139; 130.65167Coordinates: 33°52′53″N 130°39′06″E / 33.88139°N 130.65167°E / 33.88139; 130.65167
Map
RJFA Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 1,640 5,381 Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Ashiya Air Field (芦屋飛行場, Ashiya Hikōjō^?) (ICAO: RJFA) is a military airdrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Ashiya Airbase (芦屋基地, Ashiya Kitchi^?). It is located 0.5 NM (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) north of Ashiya in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Ashiya Airfield was established as a Japanese Army Air Force facility in 1944, and was used primarily as a defensive airfield, launching (Nakajima Ki-84) fighter interceptors against attacking USAAF B-29 Superfortress bombers.

Taken over in October 1945 by the occupying American forces, it was turned into a salvage/scrapping facility by the USAAF 92d Air Service Squadron to destroy former Japanese military aircraft and other equipment. Attacked on several occasions during the war, it was repaired for Fifth Air Force use as an occupation facility. The 85th Airdrome Squadron assumed control of the station on 3 April 1946; with Headquarters, 315th Bombardment Wing moving into the facility on 20 May.